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You have a 5-question, true-false quiz. What is the probability that you choose each answer at random and get 4 of the questions correct?

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Answer:

There is a 0.15625 = 15.625% probability that you choose each answer at random and get 4 of the questions correct.

The formula for the probability of x successes is:

The parameters are given by:

n is the number of trials of the experiment.

p is the probability of success on a single trial of the experiment.

For this problem, we have that:

There are 5 questions, hence n = 5.

Each question has two options, true or false, p = 1/2.

The probability of 4 correct is given by P(X = 4)

P(X = 4) = 5 x (0.5)^4 x (0.5) = 0.15625.

0.15625 = 15.625% probability that you choose each answer at random and get 4 of the questions correct.

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