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if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
jyDL3
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Date: November 23, 2011 12:03AM
A) 25% B) 50% C) 60% D) 25%
Re: if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
Yahweh
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Date: November 23, 2011 12:05AM
50%?
Re: if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
Harry Tuttle
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Date: November 23, 2011 12:13AM
There are four choices... so you have 25% chance... but two of them are the right answer, meaning you have 50% chance, but that changes the answer from 25% to 50%... so now you have a 25% chance again... which means you have a 50% chance....
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Re: if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
JBass
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Date: November 23, 2011 12:14AM
E) Fuck you.
Re: if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
jbalo
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Date: November 23, 2011 07:21AM
E)
Re: if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
Forever Alone
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Date: November 23, 2011 07:34AM
it's A & D = B
Re: if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
Spawn of Eli
()
Date: November 23, 2011 07:36AM
33%
Re: if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
TheMeeper
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Date: November 23, 2011 08:14AM
What is the correct answer?
A) Answer C
B) Answer A
C) Answer D
D) Answer B
A) Answer C
B) Answer A
C) Answer D
D) Answer B
Re: if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
Harry Tuttle
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Date: November 24, 2011 07:19PM
Re: if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
Forever Alone
()
Date: November 24, 2011 07:24PM
It's 50% I started this
Re: if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
Harry Tuttle
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Date: November 24, 2011 07:25PM
Explain your reasoning...
Forever Alone Wrote:
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> It's 50% I started this
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Forever Alone Wrote:
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> It's 50% I started this
Signatures are for fags
Re: if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
Game theory
()
Date: November 24, 2011 07:30PM
jyDL3 Wrote:
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> A) 25% B) 50% C) 60% D) 25%
25% is the correct answer.
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> A) 25% B) 50% C) 60% D) 25%
25% is the correct answer.
Re: if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
Harry Tuttle
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Date: November 24, 2011 07:35PM
I understand why someone would say both 25% and 50%...
What I don't understand is how you can arrive at one answer without looping into infinity...
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What I don't understand is how you can arrive at one answer without looping into infinity...
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Re: if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
Game theory
()
Date: November 24, 2011 08:13PM
Harry Tuttle Wrote:
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> I understand why someone would say both 25% and
> 50%...
>
> What I don't understand is how you can arrive at
> one answer without looping into infinity...
by guessing.
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> I understand why someone would say both 25% and
> 50%...
>
> What I don't understand is how you can arrive at
> one answer without looping into infinity...
by guessing.
Re: if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
Forever Alone
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Date: November 24, 2011 08:15PM
Because it's a mind fuck and I'm a mind fucker :)
There is no answer, like you said...infinity.......
There is no answer, like you said...infinity.......
Re: if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
6X
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Date: November 24, 2011 08:16PM
A
Re: if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
Answering Answerer
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Date: November 25, 2011 11:36AM
There is 0% chance you will be able to guess the answer to this question correctly, because the answer and question are not discrete (that is, answering the question changes the conditions of the question).
Re: if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
Solved
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Date: November 25, 2011 12:41PM
Assuming the actual correct answer is also random, it's 37.5%.
Either 50% chance correct answer is 25, so 50% chance of picking correctly, OR
50% chance correct answer is not 25, so 25% chance of picking correctly.
Total odds are 25% for 1st scenario (50% chance of picking an answer that has 50% chance of being correct), 12.5% for second scenario (25% chance of picking an answer that has 50% chance of being correct).
Since it's either scenario 1 or scenario 2, add the 2 odds together to get total chance of picking correct answer = 37.5%.
Either 50% chance correct answer is 25, so 50% chance of picking correctly, OR
50% chance correct answer is not 25, so 25% chance of picking correctly.
Total odds are 25% for 1st scenario (50% chance of picking an answer that has 50% chance of being correct), 12.5% for second scenario (25% chance of picking an answer that has 50% chance of being correct).
Since it's either scenario 1 or scenario 2, add the 2 odds together to get total chance of picking correct answer = 37.5%.
Re: if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
TheNorthman
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Date: November 25, 2011 01:02PM
Solved Wrote:
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> Assuming the actual correct answer is also random,
> it's 37.5%.
>
> Either 50% chance correct answer is 25, so 50%
> chance of picking correctly, OR
> 50% chance correct answer is not 25, so 25% chance
> of picking correctly.
>
> Total odds are 25% for 1st scenario (50% chance of
> picking an answer that has 50% chance of being
> correct), 12.5% for second scenario (25% chance of
> picking an answer that has 50% chance of being
> correct).
>
> Since it's either scenario 1 or scenario 2, add
> the 2 odds together to get total chance of picking
> correct answer = 37.5%.
That's what I think too and for the same reason.
Only didnt see 37.5% as a possible answer.
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> Assuming the actual correct answer is also random,
> it's 37.5%.
>
> Either 50% chance correct answer is 25, so 50%
> chance of picking correctly, OR
> 50% chance correct answer is not 25, so 25% chance
> of picking correctly.
>
> Total odds are 25% for 1st scenario (50% chance of
> picking an answer that has 50% chance of being
> correct), 12.5% for second scenario (25% chance of
> picking an answer that has 50% chance of being
> correct).
>
> Since it's either scenario 1 or scenario 2, add
> the 2 odds together to get total chance of picking
> correct answer = 37.5%.
That's what I think too and for the same reason.
Only didnt see 37.5% as a possible answer.
Re: if you answer this question at random what is the chance you'll be correct?
Posted by:
Harry Tuttle
()
Date: November 25, 2011 01:33PM
Ha! Nailed him, TheNorthman!
TheNorthman Wrote:
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> Solved Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Assuming the actual correct answer is also
> random,
> > it's 37.5%.
> >
> > Either 50% chance correct answer is 25, so 50%
> > chance of picking correctly, OR
> > 50% chance correct answer is not 25, so 25%
> chance
> > of picking correctly.
> >
> > Total odds are 25% for 1st scenario (50% chance
> of
> > picking an answer that has 50% chance of being
> > correct), 12.5% for second scenario (25% chance
> of
> > picking an answer that has 50% chance of being
> > correct).
> >
> > Since it's either scenario 1 or scenario 2, add
> > the 2 odds together to get total chance of
> picking
> > correct answer = 37.5%.
>
>
> That's what I think too and for the same reason.
> Only didnt see 37.5% as a possible answer.
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TheNorthman Wrote:
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> Solved Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Assuming the actual correct answer is also
> random,
> > it's 37.5%.
> >
> > Either 50% chance correct answer is 25, so 50%
> > chance of picking correctly, OR
> > 50% chance correct answer is not 25, so 25%
> chance
> > of picking correctly.
> >
> > Total odds are 25% for 1st scenario (50% chance
> of
> > picking an answer that has 50% chance of being
> > correct), 12.5% for second scenario (25% chance
> of
> > picking an answer that has 50% chance of being
> > correct).
> >
> > Since it's either scenario 1 or scenario 2, add
> > the 2 odds together to get total chance of
> picking
> > correct answer = 37.5%.
>
>
> That's what I think too and for the same reason.
> Only didnt see 37.5% as a possible answer.
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