SOLUTION: A student taking a midterm exam in Ancient History comes to two questions pertaining to a class that he missed, and so he decides to take a random guess on both questions. Onr of t

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Question 228798: A student taking a midterm exam in Ancient History comes to two questions pertaining to a class that he missed, and so he decides to take a random guess on both questions. Onr of the question is true-false and the other is multiple choice with five possible answers. What is the proobability of guessing.
1. The correct answer to the true-false question?
2 the correct answer to the multiple-choice question?
3. the correct answer to both the true- false and multiple choice quesition?
4. the incorrect answer to both the true-false and multiple choice question?
5. the correct answers to the true- false and the incorrect answer to the multiple choice question?
6. the incorrect answer to the true-false question and the correct answer to the multiple choice question?
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1. 2 answers, one of which is correct:

2. 5 answers, one of which is correct:

3. Independent events:

4. 2 answers to the TF question, one of which is incorrect: and 5 answers to the MC question, four of which are incorrect: . Two independent events:

5. 2 answers to the TF question, one of which is correct: and 5 answers to the MC question, four of which are incorrect: . Two independent events:

6. 2 answers to the TF question, one of which is incorrect: and 5 answers to the MC question, one of which is correct: . Two independent events:

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