2016 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 5
Problem
The War of started with a declaration of war on Thursday, June , . The peace treaty to end the war was signed days later, on December , . On what day of the week was the treaty signed?
Solution
By: dragonfly
To find what day of the week it is in days, we have to divide by to see the remainder, and then add the remainder to the current day. We get that has a remainder of 2, so we increase the current day by to get
Question: Why don't we have to account for leap years?
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