I fully understand what you are saying, that no matter what you pick you'll be wrong, but this is not an essay question where you get to put in your own answers, this is a multiple-choice question and you can only select from the available options and 0% is not in those available options, so it cannot be selected. — Jeremiah
That does not follow. Green and blue are both non-red so you add their probability together. Hey you don't have to believe me as this is basic math, just look it up. — Jeremiah
We can easily replace them with 2 red balls, 1 blue and 1 black.
One of these balls is the correct answer. What is the probability that, if you choose at random, you'll guess the correct answer?
We have to look at possibilities here and not options as you know choosing either A or D is the same thing. Same things in math get counted only once.
That means there are 3 possibilities - red, blue and black. The probability of guessing the right answer is 1/3 = 33.33% — TheMadFool
The probability of choosing correctly is 1/3 = 33.33% — TheMadFool
33% is not a valid answer no matter how you slice it. It completely ingores the distribution. I am sorry but that is just incorrect math, there is no point to aruge on that front because it is just wrong.
The random event is for four slots, which means 25 is weighted more than the others. It cannot have an equal chance as the others no matter how you scale it. — Jeremiah
The people saying 33% are demonstrating a fundamental misunderstanding of basic probability. — Jeremiah
Not so. You just refuse to slice it the way some others are.33% is not a valid answer no matter how you slice it. It completely ingores the distribution. — Jeremiah
The people saying 33% are demonstrating a fundamental misunderstanding of basic probability. — Jeremiah
If you randomly select an answer to the following multiple choice question, what are the odds of selecting correctly?
A: 0/1
B: 1/3
C: 1/1
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