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Putnam 1950 B3

  • Session B
  1. In the Gregorian calendar: (i) years not divisible by 4 are common years; (ii) years divisible by 4 but not by 100 are leap years; (iii) years divisible by 100 but not by 400 are common years; (iv) years divisible by 400 are leap years; (v) a leap year contains 366 days; a common year 365 days.

Prove that the probability that Christmas falls on a Wednesday is not 1/71 / 7.

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