2002 AMC 10B Problem 8
Problem 8 of 25EasierAlgebraNumber Theory
Suppose July of year has five Mondays. Which of the following must occur five times in August of year (Note: both months have days.)
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A -day month is weeks plus extra days, so exactly the weekdays of the st, nd, and rd of the month occur five times.
For July to have five Mondays, Monday must be one of July or In all three cases August lands on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, and the common weekday among the resulting five-time days is Thursday.
More directly, since July has days, August is the same weekday as July With Monday on July or the three five-time weekdays of August always include Thursday.
Thus, the correct answer is D.