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What was the day of the week on 2nd January 2010, if it was Sunday on 1st January 2006?

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 1

Given that 1st January 2006 was a Sunday, we need to find the day on 2nd January 2010.

The total time span needs to be calculated from 1st January 2006 to 2nd January 2010.


Counting the number of days in each year:

Year 2006: 365 days (not a leap year)

Year 2007: 365 days (not a leap year)

Year 2008: 366 days (leap year, divisible by 4)

Year 2009: 365 days (not a leap year)

From 1st January 2010 to 2nd January 2010: 1 day

Total days =365+365+366+365+1= 365 + 365 + 366 + 365 + 1

Total days =1462= 1462


To find the day of the week, we calculate the number of complete weeks and remaining days:

1462÷7=2081462 \div 7 = 208 remainder 66

This means 1462=7×208+61462 = 7 \times 208 + 6

The remainder is 6 days.


Starting from Sunday (1st January 2006) and moving forward 6 days:

Sunday →\rightarrow Monday →\rightarrow Tuesday →\rightarrow Wednesday →\rightarrow Thursday →\rightarrow Friday →\rightarrow Saturday

Therefore, 2nd January 2010 was a Saturday.

The correct answer is Option 1: Saturday.

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