SOLUTION: A student takes a multiple-choice quiz with four questions, each of which has four different answer choices (A, B, C, and D). Assume each question has one correct answer. Fi

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Question 315731: A student takes a multiple-choice quiz with four questions, each of which has four different answer choices (A, B, C, and D). Assume each question has one correct answer.

Find the probability that the first two questions are answered correctly.

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A student takes a multiple-choice quiz with four questions, each of which has four different answer choices (A, B, C, and D). Assume each question has one correct answer.
Find the probability that the first two questions are answered correctly.
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P(1st correct) = 1/4
P(2nd correct) = 1/4
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P(1st two correct) = (1/4)^2 = 1/16
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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