Please justify your answer.
2006-12-10 05:14:30 · 7 answers · asked by murali basa 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
they're all leap years! as of now, any year that's divisible by 4 is a leap year.
I don't think any negative correction is due any time soon (to account for the slightly extra time a leap year puts in).
the reason for all this shoddy business is the earth's revolution period around the sun.. it's not an exact multiple of one day.
you'll find more answers on
http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~jharlow/leapyears.html
2006-12-10 05:22:57 · answer #1 · answered by answerQuest 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
These all are. Except for "Century Years" every year divisible by 4 is a leap year.--------2004 / 4 = 501. 2008 / 4 = 502,
2012 / 4 = 503.
In the case of Century years, those that are divisible by 400 are leap years. 2000 / 400 = 5.
But 1900 was not. 1900 / 400 = 4.75
2100 / 400 = 5.25, so 1900 wasn't a leap year and 2100 won't be either.
2006-12-10 05:30:20 · answer #2 · answered by JIMBO 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
These are all leap years. They are all divisible by 4, the first requisite. On century years, however, when the last two digits are 00, it must also be divisible by 400, which 2000 is. 1700, 1800, 1900, 2100, 2200 and 2300 are not divisible by 400, so although they are divisible by 4, they are not leap years. 2400, 2800, 3200 etc. will be leap years.
This is the system of the Gregorian calendar, as explained in detail at the wikipedia page listed below.
My name is Gregory, so I guess it interested me enough to learn it well.
2006-12-10 05:38:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I choose e) None of the above. Why? Because each year has 29 days in the month of February. Every four years we experience a leap year, in between these years our February has only 28 days. We can look forward to another leap year in 2008.
2006-12-10 05:30:24 · answer #4 · answered by who_is_cindy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
all of the choices are leap years. every year divisable by four is a leap year. 2004, 2008, 2000, and 2012 are all divisible by four
2006-12-10 05:19:32 · answer #5 · answered by Jeorn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read somewhere that there eventually would be a leap year that wouldn't be divisible by 4... hm... anyway, all of those years listed here are leap years; sorry.
2006-12-10 05:30:48 · answer #6 · answered by Bob R. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
none of the above. I checked my celphone calendar
2006-12-10 05:20:38 · answer #7 · answered by coldflesh 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋