What is the probability of 53 Fridays in an ordinary year?
Solution and Explanation
In an ordinary year, there are 365 days. This means that there will be 52 complete weeks of 7 days each, which gives us 364 days. The remaining day can fall on any day of the week.
Since 7 does not divide evenly into 365, there will be one day left over. Therefore, there are two possibilities: either there will be 52 Fridays (with the remaining day falling on a different day of the week), or there will be 53 Fridays (with the remaining day falling on a Friday).
Hence, the probability of having 53 Fridays in an ordinary year is 1/7, or approximately 0.1429 (14.29%).
Top Questions on Probability
- Let Ajay will not appear in JEE exam with probability $p = \frac{2}{7}$, while both Ajay and Vijay will appear in the exam with probability $q = \frac{1}{5}$. Then the probability that Ajay will appear in the exam and Vijay will not appear is:
- JEE Main - 2024
- Mathematics
- Probability
- A company has two plants A and B to manufacture motorcycles. 60% motorcycles are manufactured at plant A and the remaining are manufactured at plant B. 80% of the motorcycles manufactured at plant A are rated of the standard quality, while 90% of the motorcycles manufactured at plant B are rated of the standard quality. A motorcycle picked up randomly from the total production is found to be of the standard quality. If p is the probability that it was manufactured at plant B, then 126p is
- JEE Main - 2024
- Mathematics
- Probability
- If three letters can be posted to any one of the 5 different addresses, then the probability that the three letters are posted to exactly two addresses is:
- JEE Main - 2024
- Mathematics
- Probability
- The coefficients a, b, c in the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}. If the probability of this equation having one real root bigger than the other is p, then 216p equals :
- JEE Main - 2024
- Mathematics
- Probability
- Three urns A, B and C contain 7 red, 5 black; 5 red, 7 black and 6 red, 6 black balls, respectively. One of the urn is selected at random and a ball is drawn from it. If the ball drawn is black, then then probability that it is drawn from urn A is :
- JEE Main - 2024
- Mathematics
- Probability
Questions Asked in BITSAT exam
- Two capacitors, of capacitance C, are connected in series. If one of them is filled with a dielectric substance K, what is the effective capacitance?
- BITSAT - 2023
- electrostatic potential and capacitance
- What is the dimension of the Gravitational constant?
- BITSAT - 2023
- Gravitation
- Minimum value of 5cos(2x) + 5sin(2x)
- BITSAT - 2023
- Trigonometric Functions
NaOH is deliquescent
- BITSAT - 2023
- States of matter
- The freezing point of the 0.05 molal solution of non - electrolyte in water is? (kf = 1.86)
- BITSAT - 2023
- Solutions
Concepts Used:
Probability
Probability is defined as the extent to which an event is likely to happen. It is measured by the ratio of the favorable outcome to the total number of possible outcomes.
The definitions of some important terms related to probability are given below:
Sample space
The set of possible results or outcomes in a trial is referred to as the sample space. For instance, when we flip a coin, the possible outcomes are heads or tails. On the other hand, when we roll a single die, the possible outcomes are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Sample point
In a sample space, a sample point is one of the possible results. For instance, when using a deck of cards, as an outcome, a sample point would be the ace of spades or the queen of hearts.
Experiment
When the results of a series of actions are always uncertain, this is referred to as a trial or an experiment. For Instance, choosing a card from a deck, tossing a coin, or rolling a die, the results are uncertain.
Event
An event is a single outcome that happens as a result of a trial or experiment. For instance, getting a three on a die or an eight of clubs when selecting a card from a deck are happenings of certain events.
Outcome
A possible outcome of a trial or experiment is referred to as a result of an outcome. For instance, tossing a coin could result in heads or tails. Here the possible outcomes are heads or tails. While the possible outcomes of dice thrown are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWS LETTER
