2002 AMC 12B Problem 8

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8.

Suppose July of year NN has five Mondays. Which of the following must occur five times in August of year N?N? (Note: Both months have 3131 days.)

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Solution:

Since July has 31=47+331=4\cdot7+3 days, the weekday of July 11 occurs five times, so Monday falls on July 1,1, 2,2, or 3.3. The days that occur five times in August are those of August 1,1, 2,2, 3,3, and August 11 is three weekdays after July 1.1.

Testing the three cases, the August weekdays occurring five times are {Thu,Fri,Sat},\{\text{Thu},\text{Fri},\text{Sat}\}, {Wed,Thu,Fri},\{\text{Wed},\text{Thu},\text{Fri}\}, and {Tue,Wed,Thu}.\{\text{Tue},\text{Wed},\text{Thu}\}. Thursday appears in every case.

Thus, the correct answer is D.

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