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Given that on 27th February 2003 is Thursday. What was the day on 27th February 1603?Select an answerAMondayBThursdayCSundayDTuesday

Question

Given that on 27th February 2003 is Thursday. What was the day on 27th February 1603?

Select an answer
A) Monday
B) Thursday
C) Sunday
D) Tuesday

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Solution

To find the day of the week for a date in the past, we can use the concept of "odd days". Odd days are the number of days more than the complete number of weeks in a given period.

Here are the steps to find the day of the week for 27th February 1603:

  1. Count the number of odd days from the year 1603 to the year 2003.

  2. Since 2003 is not a leap year, February has 28 days. So, there are 0 odd days in February 2003.

  3. The day on 27th February 2003 is given as Thursday.

  4. Now, subtract the total number of odd days from 4 (since Thursday corresponds to 4 if we consider Sunday as 0, Monday as 1, and so on).

  5. The result will give us the day of the week for 27th February 1603.

Let's calculate:

  1. Number of years between 1603 and 2003 is 400 years. In 400 years, the number of odd days is 0 (since 400 is a multiple of 400 and every 400 years have 0 odd days).

  2. Odd days in February 2003 = 0

  3. Day on 27th February 2003 = Thursday (4)

  4. Subtracting the total number of odd days from 4 gives us 4.

So, the day on 27th February 1603 was also a Thursday. Therefore, the answer is BThursday.

This problem has been solved

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