to celebrate the first day of a leap year, i taught my dog to jump through a hoop. it was a sunday. when he taught me the same trick the first day of the next year, it was a ?
a. sunday
b. monday
c. tuesday
d. wednesday
is tuesday the correct answer?
yes
To determine the correct answer, we need to understand how leap years work and consider the days of the week involved.
A leap year occurs every four years, except for years divisible by 100 but not divisible by 400. In this case, we know that the first day of the leap year was a Sunday.
To find the first day of the next year, we need to take into account that there are 366 days in a leap year, compared to the usual 365 days. We divide 366 by 7 (the number of days in a week) and calculate the remainder.
366 divided by 7 equals 52, with a remainder of 2. This means that the leap year has 52 full weeks with 2 extra days.
So, starting from Sunday, after 52 weeks, we end up with 2 additional days.
Since the first day of the leap year was a Sunday, the first day of the next year will be two days after Sunday.
Therefore, the correct answer is Tuesday (option c).