document.write( "Question 1207293: A student is taking a multiple choice test with 3 questions, each of which has five possible answers. If the student guesses at random on all three questions, what is the probability that they answer all three questions correctly?
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document.write( "The probability to answer first  multiple choice question correctly (guessing randomly) is  {{1/5}}} = 0.2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The probability to answer second multiple choice question correctly (guessing randomly) is  {{1/5}}} = 0.2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The probability to answer third  multiple choice question correctly (guessing randomly) is  {{1/5}}} = 0.2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus, the probability to answer each multiple choice question correctly (guessing randomly) is  {{1/5}}} = 0.2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the probability to answer all three multiple choice problems correctly (guessing randomly) is  \r\n" );
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document.write( "     = 0.008,  which is the same as   = .    ANSWER\r\n" );
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