document.write( "Question 541911: A student randomly guesses at 7 multiple choice questions. Each question has 5 possible choices. What is the probability that the student gets at most 1 correct answer? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #354336 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! A student randomly guesses at 7 multiple choice questions. Each question has 5 possible choices. What is the probability that the student gets at most 1 correct answer? \n" ); document.write( "===== \n" ); document.write( "Binomial Problem with n = 7 and p(correct) = 1/5 \n" ); document.write( "--- \n" ); document.write( "P(x = 0 or 1) = 7C0(1/5)^0*(4/5)^7 + 7C1(1/5)*(4/5)*6 \n" ); document.write( "= (4/5)^7 + 7*(1/5)*(4/5)^6 \n" ); document.write( "--- \n" ); document.write( "= 0.5767 \n" ); document.write( "============================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "================= \n" ); document.write( " |