2000 AMC 10 Problem 25
Problem 25 of 25HarderAlgebraNumber Theory
In year the th day of the year is a Tuesday. In year the th day is also a Tuesday. On what day of the week did the th day of year occur?
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From day of year to day of year is days, where is the length of year If were not a leap year, this is giving a Monday, not a Tuesday. So year is a leap year, and the count is consistent with Tuesday.
Then years and are not leap years.
The th day of year precedes the Tuesday (day of year ) by days. Since that day is days earlier in the week than Tuesday, which is a Thursday.
Thus, the correct answer is A.