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jessnic
Apr 27, 2007, 08:51 PM
A test has 4 multiple choice questions each with 4 selections. Determine the probability of passing the test vy guessing to the nearest thousandth.

galactus
Apr 28, 2007, 04:09 AM
Hello Jessnic.

What is considered passing? Getting all 4 questions correct? 3 correct?

What is the probability of answering onw correctly? There are 4 choices, so 1/4.

Now, suppose you answer the next one correct; you still have 1 in 4.

So, the probabiltiy of getting 2 in a row right is (1/4)(1/4). See? Now what's the

probabiltiy of getting all 4 correct?