Question

Of 12 eggs in a refrigerator 5 are rotten. From these 4 eggs are chosen at random to make a cake. What is the probability that a) Exactly one is rotten b) all are rotten

Answer 1

This could be a trick question. Based on the wording of the question “from these”, it would infer that the eggs are selected from rotten ones. This is a dangling participle.

So, the trick question answer is 0% that exactly one is rotten and 100% that All are rotten.