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Question 1182382: A quiz contains a multiple-choice question with five possible answers, only one of which is correct. A student plans to guess the answer.
a) What is sample space?
b) Assign probabilities the the simple events
c) Probability student guesses the wrong answer
d) Probability student guesses the correct answer
Answer by ikleyn(52778) About Me  (Show Source):
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(c)  The probability to guess a wrong answer is  4%2F5  for each separate multiple-choice question.


(d)  The probability to guess the correct answer is  1%2F5  for each separate multiple-choice question.

Solved.


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