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A month has 30 days and its 1st falls on a Tuesday. A quiz master writes each date of that month on a slip, mixes the slips and draws one at random. What is the probability that the date drawn is a Sunday?

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If the 1st is a Tuesday, the first Sunday is the 6th, and then the 13th, 20th and 27th - four Sundays. assumes one seventh of a month is Sunday, which is only true when the days divide evenly; counts a fifth Sunday that a 30-day month starting on Tuesday does not have; confuses the 7 days of a week with the count of Sundays.
Answer: C)

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