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If a student was randomly guessing while completing a 20 question multiple choice exam, what is the probability they would score

mario62 [17]

Answer:

you want 4 correct and 16 incorrect

there are 20 questions

each question has four answers, so

P(right answer) = 1/4

P(wrong answer) = 3/4

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Since you want 4 correct of 20 we have a combination of 20C4

This is a binomial problem where p = 1/4, q = 3/4 and we get

(20 "choose" 4)*(probability correct)^(number correct)*(probability incorrect)^(number incorrect)

putting numbers in we get

(20c4)*(1/4)^4*(3/4)^16

This gives us

~ .189685

Step-by-step explanation:

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3 years ago

A coin is to be tossed until a head appears twice in a row. What is the sample space for this experiment? If the coin is fair, w

blsea [12.9K]

Answer:

The sample space would be infinite

{HH, TTTHH, TTTTHH, TTTTTTTHH.......................}

1/8

Step-by-step explanation:

The sample space would be infinite

{HH, TTTHH, TTTTHH, TTTTTTTHH.......................}.

This is because the number of times the coin would be flipped is not specified. So, you can keep flipping the coin forever.

If the coin is tossed four times then the sample space would be

{HHHH HTHH THHH HTHT

HHHT HTTH TTHH THTH

HHTT HHTH TTTH THHT

HTTT TTTT TTHT THTT}

HTHH and TTHH are the only two cases where two consecutive tosses will result in two heads

Probability that the coin will be tossed four times is 2/16 = 1/8

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3 years ago

Nolan and his children went into a grocery store and he bought $8 worth of apples

goldfiish [28.3K]

Nolan and his children bought fruits (Apples and bananas) worth $8.

Cost of each apple and bananas are $2 and $0.40 respectively.

Let the number of bananas he bought = y

And the number of apples = x

Therefore, cost of the apples =$2x

And the cost of bananas = $0.40y

Total cost of 'x' apples and 'y' bananas = $(2x + 0.40y)

Equation representing the total cost of fruits will be,

(2x + 0.40y) = 8

10(2x + 0.40y) = 10(8)

20x + 4y = 80

5x + y = 20 --------(1)

If he bought 5 times as many bananas as apples,

y = 5x ------(2)

Substitute the value of y from equation (2) to equation (1),

5x + 5x = 20

10x = 20

x = 2

Substitute the value of 'x' in equation (2)

y = 5(2)

y = 10

Therefore, Nolan bought 2 apples and 10 bananas.

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3 years ago

WILL AMKR BRAINLIEST IF GOTTEN RIGHTTT!!!!

Juliette [100K]

Answer:

1.06 sq inches

Step-by-step explanation:

its reasonable come on now

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3 years ago

Which of the two solids below are similar ?

Pachacha [2.7K]

Answer: I and II.

Step-by-step explanation:

By definition, two solids are similar if their corresponding sides are in the same ratio.

Knowing this, let's find which solids are similar:

Corresponding sides ratio of solids I and II:

$\frac{3}{2}=\frac{2}{\frac{4}{3}}=\frac{5}{\frac{10}{3}}$

$\frac{3}{2}=\frac{3}{2}=\frac{3}{2}$

Corresponding sides ratio of solids I and III:

$\frac{3}{\frac{9}{2}}=\frac{2}{3}=\frac{5}{8}$

$\frac{2}{3}=\frac{2}{3}=\frac{5}{8}$

Corresponding sides ratio of solids II and III:

$\frac{2}{\frac{9}{2}}=\frac{\frac{4}{3}}{3}}=\frac{\frac{10}{3}}{8}}$

$\frac{4}{9}=\frac{4}{9}=\frac{5}{12}$

You can observe that the solids I and II are similar.

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3 years ago