Calendars - Quant/Math - CAT 2013
Question 4 the day:
August 05, 2002
The question for the day is from the topic Calendars.
- What is the longest gap that any person will have to wait between two birthdays?
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365 days |
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(2) |
366 days |
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(3) |
4 years |
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(4) |
8 years |
Correct Answer - (4)
Solution:
Any person who is born on February 29th will normally celebrate his birthday once in four years whenever a leap year happens.
However, years like 1700, 1800, 1900 which are divisible by ‘4’ but not by ‘400’ are not leap years. 2000 was a leap year, 2400 will be a leap year.
So, for a person born on Feb 29, 1892, for instance, will have celebrated a birthday on Feb 29, 1896 and then the next birthday will be only on Feb 29, 1904. That is a 8-year gap.
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