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A year is a leap year if and only if the year number is divisible by 400 (such as 2000) or is divisible by 4 but not 100 (such as 2012).  The 200th anniversary of the birth of novelist Charles Dickens was celebrated on February 7, 2012, a Tuesday.  On what day of the week was Dickens born?
 
A year is a leap year if and only if the year number is divisible by 400 (such as 2000) or is divisible by 4 but not 100 (such as 2012).  The 200th anniversary of the birth of novelist Charles Dickens was celebrated on February 7, 2012, a Tuesday.  On what day of the week was Dickens born?
  
<math> \textbf{(A)}\ 7\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 8\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 9\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 10\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 11 </math>
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<math> \textbf{(A)}\ Friday\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ Saturday\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ Sunday\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ Monday\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ Tuesday </math>

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Problem 12

A year is a leap year if and only if the year number is divisible by 400 (such as 2000) or is divisible by 4 but not 100 (such as 2012). The 200th anniversary of the birth of novelist Charles Dickens was celebrated on February 7, 2012, a Tuesday. On what day of the week was Dickens born?

$\textbf{(A)}\ Friday\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ Saturday\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ Sunday\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ Monday\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ Tuesday$