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Sundays in February

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In the Gregorian calendar, how many years from to inclusive have a February containing Sundays?

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Hint

A February has Sundays only if it has days and starts on a Sunday. How often does the weekday of a leap-year February repeat?

Solution
  1. February has Sundays only if it has days and the st of February is a Sunday, so only leap years count; is not a leap year and is.
  2. Between and the leap years follow every years without a skipped one except , so the weekday of February in leap years repeats with period years.
  3. The first leap year in the range with February on a Sunday is , and then come , , , , and .
  4. Counting these years gives .

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