• forbiddencherry@lemmy.today
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    4 hours ago

    Going with D. It’d be 25% for a normal question, but since it’s the second 25% this provides some evidence that I read all the answers.

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    if the correct answer is b or c, you would be right a quarter of the time

    if the correct answer is a or d you would be right half the time.

    athere are 3 correct answers. assuming the correct answer is chosen at random, you would be right 1/3x1/2 + 2/3x1/4 = 1/3 of the time

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    2 hours ago

    We need to know the question do we not? OP failed here. The question could change the answer.

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      53 minutes ago

      The question is quite clear

      “What is the % chance that you can guess the right answer on this multiple choice question”

      i just wish we knew the intended answer… assuming this isn’t fake.

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        3 hours ago

        Nono, see your chance of picking it at random is 0% because none of the answers are right - but if you pick it intentionally, then it’s the correct answer. galaxy brain meme

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        4 hours ago

        Which means I’m wrong and has no chance to get it right. All randomly picked answers are wrong. At least that’s how I’m breaking out of the infinite loop. Or there is just a typo…

  • CelloMike@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    B

    The four answers sum to 100%, so on average each answer has a 25% chance of being right, and 25% is two of the options so you have a 50% chance of picking one of those

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      But two of those answers are the same, which reduces the number of possibilities to 3, and 33.3% isn’t an option.

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      But if 50% is the right answer then you only have a 25% chance of picking that one

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      But if the correct answer is 50% and there is only 1/4 chance of choosing that answer at random, you then have a 25% chance of choosing it correctly. So the answer must be 25%, but there is 2/4 chance of choosing that at random so you have a 50% chance of choosing that correctly so the answer is 50%, but there is only a 1/4 chance of…

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    5 hours ago

    Well if I pick it at random the chances of typing one of those specific char strings into the keyboard is small enough to be effectively 0%

    Creative interpretation of the question is a valid test taking method

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      5 hours ago

      This is a paper test, though… Not sure how your keyboard factors in to that 😅

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        4 hours ago

        Not paper to me, just a picture of paper. I suppose on paper circling a random small space would be fairly similar results though.

      • WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.com
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        It’s math, so if you picked at random from all real numbers then it’s 0% chance of being correct. Didn’t say picking at random from the choices provided. Keyboard is irrelevant tho.