Richard has just been given a 10 question multiple-choice quiz in his history class. Each question has five answers, of which only one is correct. Since Richard has not attended class recently, he doesn't know any of the answers. Assuming that Richard guessing on all 10 questions, find the indicated probabilities. c) What is the probability that he will answer at least one of the questions correctly?  d) What is the probability that Richard will answer at least half the questions correctly?

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Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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Richard has just been given a 10 question multiple-choice quiz in his history class. Each question has five answers, of which only one is correct. Since Richard has not attended class recently, he doesn't know any of the answers. Assuming that Richard guessing on all 10 questions, find the indicated probabilities.

c) What is the probability that he will answer at least one of the questions correctly? 

d) What is the probability that Richard will answer at least half the questions correctly?

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