What is the probability of an event that Monday is the first day of a week? How?

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Number of Mondays in a week $= 1$
Total days in a week $= 7$
Probability (First day will be Monday) $= \frac{Number of Mondays}{Total number of Days} = \frac{1}{7}$
It is going to be $\frac{1}{7}$ , because out of $7$ days of week first day can be anyone with equal probability.

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What is the probability of an event that Monday is the first day of a week? How?

Number of Mondays in a week =1Total days in a week =7Probability (First day will be Monday) =Number of MondaysTotal number of Days=17It is going to be 17, because out of 7 days of week first day can be anyone with equal probability.

Number of Mondays in a week $= 1$
Total days in a week $= 7$
Probability (First day will be Monday) $= \frac{Number of Mondays}{Total number of Days} = \frac{1}{7}$
It is going to be $\frac{1}{7}$ , because out of $7$ days of week first day can be anyone with equal probability.