2000 AMC 12竞赛试题/第18题
Problem
In year
, the
day of the year is a Tuesday. In year
, the
day is also a Tuesday. On what day of the week did the
thday of year
occur?
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Solution
There are either
or
days between the first two dates depending upon whether or not year
is a leap year. Since
divides into
, then it is possible for both dates to be Tuesday; hence year
is a leap year and
is not a leap year. There are
days between the date in years
, which leaves a remainder of
upon division by
. Since we are subtracting days, we count 5 days before Tuesday, which gives us
.
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