What happens if you guess? - Leigh Nataro
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Will it rain tomorrow? How likely is your favorite team to win the Super Bowl? Questions like these are answered through the mathematics of probability. Watch this artistic visualization of your odds of passing a test if you don’t know any of the answers.
When a multiple choice question has 5 choices, the probability of getting question right by randomly guessing is 1/5. What is the probability you would get a question wrong by guessing? What is the probability you would get all 10 questions wrong by guessing? Explain.
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- Educator Leigh Nataro
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