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balu736 [363]
3 years ago
9

If a student randomly guesses at 20 multiple-choice questions, find the probability that the student gets exactly four correct.

Each question has four possible choices.
Mathematics
1 answer:
ad-work [718]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

Probability = 0.190

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Number of questions, 'n' = 20

Each question has four choices.

Let event of choosing correct answer be success and its probability be represented by 'p'.

Therefore, event of choosing wrong answer is failure and its probability be represented by 'q'.

Now, probability of success is choosing one correct answer out of 4 options. So, p=\frac{1}{4}=0.25

Now, 'p' and 'q' are complements of each other. Therefore,

q=1-p=1-0.25=0.75

Now, we need 4 successes. Therefore, x=4

Using Bernoulli's theorem to find 'x' successes from 'n' questions, we get:

P(x)=_{x}^{n}\textrm{C}p^xq^{n-x}

Plug in 4 for 'x', 20 for 'n', 0.25 for 'p' and 0.75 for 'q'. Solve.

P(4)=_{4}^{20}\textrm{C}(0.25)^4(0.75)^{20-4}\\P(4)=_{4}^{20}\textrm{C}(0.25)^4(0.75)^{16}\\P(4)=4845\times (0.25)^4\times (0.65)^{16}\\\\P(4)=0.1896\approx0.190

Therefore, the probability of getting 4 correct answers out of 20 questions is 0.190.

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