1. The problem is to understand why the answer is 1096. 2. Without additional context, 1096 is often recognized as the number of days in 3 years including one leap year. 3. The formula to calculate the number of days in years including leap years is: $$\text{Total days} = 365 \times \text{number of years} + \text{number of leap days}$$ 4. For 3 years, typically there is 1 leap year, so: $$365 \times 3 + 1 = 1095 + 1 = 1096$$ 5. This explains why the answer is 1096: it counts 3 years with one leap year included. 6. If your problem involves counting days over 3 years including a leap year, this is the reason for the answer 1096.