Multiple choice quiz. In a multiple choice quiz there are 5 questions and 4 choices for each question (a, b, c, d). Robin has not studied for the quiz at all, and decides to randomly guess the answers. What is the probability that (a) the first question she gets right is the 3rd question? (b) she gets exactly 3 or exactly 4 questions right? (c) she gets the majority of the questions right?

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Multiple choice quiz. In a multiple choice quiz there are 5 questions and 4 choices for
each question (a, b, c, d). Robin has not studied for the quiz at all, and decides to randomly guess
the answers. What is the probability that
(a) the first question she gets right is the 3rd question?
(b) she gets exactly 3 or exactly 4 questions right?
(c) she gets the majority of the questions right?

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The number of questions, n=5

The number of choices of the question, x=4

 

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