An unprepared student must take a 5-question multiple-choice test that has 5 possible answers per question. If the student can eliminate one of the possible answers on the first three questions, and if she guesses on every question, what is the probability that the following will occur? (Enter your probabilities as fractions.) (a) she will answer every question correctly (b) she will answer every question incorrectly (c) she will answer at least one question correctly

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Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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An unprepared student must take a 5-question multiple-choice test that has 5 possible answers per question. If the student can eliminate one of the possible answers on the first three questions, and if she guesses on every question, what is the probability that the following will occur? (Enter your probabilities as fractions.)

(a) she will answer every question correctly


(b) she will answer every question incorrectly


(c) she will answer at least one question correctly
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