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In 2017 the hindu festival of diwali occurred on thursday, 19 october. what fraction of the year was this? (to 1 decimal place). hint: think carefully which start and end dates to use.

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The fraction of the year that passed before the festival starts is 292/365 = 0.8.

Which fraction of the year represents this?

Well, we know that a year has 365 days on it.

Now we need to find how many days are between the start of the year and 19 of October.

  • January has 31 days.
  • February has 28 days
  • March has 31 days
  • April has 30 days
  • May has 31 days
  • June has 30 days.
  • July has 31 days.
  • August has 31 days
  • September has 30 days.
  • October has 19 (in this case).

Adding all of these we get:

31 + 28 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 31 + 30 + 19 = 292

So, the fraction of the year that passed before the festival starts is:

F  = 292/365 = 0.8

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