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The probability of a non-leap year having 53 Mondays is:

  1. (17)\Big(\dfrac{1}{7}\Big)

  2. (27)\Big(\dfrac{2}{7}\Big)

  3. (57)\Big(\dfrac{5}{7}\Big)

  4. (67)\Big(\dfrac{6}{7}\Big)

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In a non-leap year (an ordinary year), there are 365 days.

365 days = 52 weeks + 1 day

This 1 extra day can be any of the following 7 possibilities: {Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday}

Total number of possible outcomes = 7

Number of favourable outcomes (The extra day being a Monday) = 1 (i.e., {Monday}).

Let E be the event that a non-leap year has 53 Mondays,

∴ P(E) = Number of favorable outcomesTotal number of outcomes=17\dfrac{\text{Number of favorable outcomes}}{\text{Total number of outcomes}} = \dfrac{1}{7}

Hence, option 1 is the correct option.

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