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Find the probability that a leap year will have 53 Tuesdays.

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In a leap year, there are 366 days.

366 days = 52 weeks + 2 days

These 2 days can be (Mon, Tue), (Tue, Wed), (Wed, Thu), (Thu, Fri), (Fri, Sat), (Sat, Sun), and (Sun, Mon).

Total number of possible outcomes = 7

Number of favourable outcomes (Getting Tuesday as one of the extra days) = 2 (i.e., (Mon, Tue), (Tue, Wed)).

P(Getting Tuesday as one of the extra days) = Number of favourable outcomesTotal number of possible outcomes\dfrac{\text{Number of favourable outcomes}}{\text{Total number of possible outcomes}}

= 27\dfrac{2}{7}

Hence, the probability that a leap year will have 53 Tuesdays is 27\dfrac{2}{7}.

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