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Question 926449: A multiple choice question on a test has a four choices. If Uzziel choose one answer based on "pure guess",what is the probability that his answer is (a)correct? (b)wrong? Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! This is a bad question. Unless you know up front that one and only one answer is correct, you can't answer this question with certainty.
But let's assume that there is one and only one correct answer in the four choices.
The odds of picking the correct answer is 1 in 4 = 25% = 0.25
The odds in picking an incorrect answer are 3 in 4 = 75% = 0.75
So 0.25 and 0.75
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