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2008 AMC 8 Problem 3

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3.

If February is a month that contains Friday the $13$ th, what day of the week is February $1?$

$\ \text{Sunday}$

$\ \text{Monday}$

$\ \text{Wednesday}$

$\ \text{Thursday}$

$\ \text{Saturday}$

Answer: A

Concepts:date and time modular arithmetic

Difficulty rating: 560

Solution:

Since the $13$ th is a Friday, we know that the $6$ th is also a Friday. The $1$ st is $5$ days before the Friday, making it a Sunday.

Thus, the answer is A .

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