2002 AMC 12B 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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Solution
Since July has days, the weekday of July occurs five times, so Monday falls on July or The days that occur five times in August are those of August and August is three weekdays after July
Testing the three cases, the August weekdays occurring five times are Thursday through Saturday, Wednesday through Friday, and Tuesday through Thursday. Thursday appears in every case.
Thus, the correct answer is D.