A student ran out of time on a multiple choice exam and randomly guessed the answers for two problems. Each problem had 5 answer

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A student ran out of time on a multiple choice exam and randomly guessed the answers for two problems. Each problem had 5 answer

choices- a, b, c, d, e- and only one correct answer. What is the probability that he answered both of the problems correctly? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

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dsp73 · Answer 1 · 2022-04-05T10:45:42+03:00

dsp733 years ago

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2 problems and 5 answer choices = 5 x 5 = 25 possibilities

1 correct answer out of 5 = 1/5
1/5 x 1/5 = 1/25