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A student takes a 10 question multiple choice quiz- each question having 4 choices. Suppose a student randomly picks an answer for each question. Find the following.

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Assume that an A is a 90% (getting at least 9 questions out of 10 right).

The probability that exactly 9 questions are right is 10 (choose one question to get wrong) * (1/4)^9 (1/4 chance of getting each question right) * (3/4) (chance of getting the wrong question wrong) = 10∗3∗(1/4)10 .

The probability that all 10 questions are right is (1/4)10 (1/4 chance of getting each question right).

The total probability of getting an A is (10∗3+1)(1/4)10=31410, or about 0.002956%.

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