Now the question of interest is: Multiple Choice: If you choose an answer to this question at random, what is the chance you will be correct?
A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 60%
D) 25%
It has a sample space of: 25, 50, 60, 25 — Jeremiah
As the question in the OP is not how many are in the list, it ask what are your chances of being correct when one is selected at random. — Jeremiah
If you have to redefine the parameters in order to be right, then not only are you wrong, but you are deceiving yourself. That is not philosophy, not by a long shot and if that is the standard that passes on these forums, then I have to question if I belong here at all. — Jeremiah
When figuring probability repeated values are very important, if you remove them then you will misrepresent the distribution. Repetition is not a valid reason to remove a datum. — Jeremiah
What you are doing is changing the sample space — Jeremiah
You were not asked what the capital of France is. That is an entirely different question. You changed the question. — Jeremiah
And if you are so right, then whey do you need an alternative example to prove it? — Jeremiah
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