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Question 110352: You are given a multiple choice test consisting of 10 questions. Each question has 3 choices. If you guess at all of the answers, what is the probability that you will choose the incorrect answer for each question?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You are given a multiple choice test consisting of 10 questions. Each question has 3 choices. If you guess at all of the answers, what is the probability that you will choose the incorrect answer for each question?
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P(incorrect on a single question) = 2/3
P(incorrect on all 10 = (2/3)^10 = 0.01734...
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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