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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.

On a ten-question True-False Quiz, what would be your average score in the long run if you randomly guessed on every question?

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Meet The Creators

  • Educator Leigh Nataro
  • Animator Matthew Saunders
  • Narrator Leigh Nataro

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