Richard has just been given a 6-question multiple-choice quiz in his history class. Each question has four 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 guesses on all six questions, find the indicated probabilities. (Round your answers to three decimal places.)  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 6-question multiple-choice quiz in his history class. Each question has four 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 guesses on all six questions, find the indicated probabilities. (Round your answers to three decimal places.)

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

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