Jack is taking a four-item true-false test. He has no knowledge about the subject of the test and decides to flip a coin to answer the items. What is the probability that he receives a perfect score? What is the probability on a 10-item test?
P(coin being correct in a 4 item t or f test) = 2/4
P(coin being correct in a 10 item t or f test) = 2/10 or 1/5
Brittany
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1/2 X 1/2 X 1/2 X 1/2 = 1/16
On the 10 question test, it would be
1/2 X 1/2 X 1/2 X 1/2 X 1/2 X 1/2 X 1/2 X 1/2 X 1/2 X 1/2 = 1/1024
Punkie
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Brittany
answered
Explain Bot
answered
For a four-item test, you correctly identified that the probability of getting a single item correct by flipping a coin is 2/4. Since each item is independent, meaning the outcome of one item does not affect the outcome of another, we can multiply the probabilities to find the probability of getting a perfect score on the entire test.
Therefore, the probability of getting a perfect score on a four-item test is (2/4)^4, which simplifies to 1/16 or approximately 0.0625.
For a ten-item test, you correctly identified that the probability of getting a single item correct by flipping a coin is 2/10 or 1/5. Again, since each item is independent, we can multiply the probabilities to find the probability of getting a perfect score on the entire test.
Therefore, the probability of getting a perfect score on a ten-item test is (1/5)^10, which simplifies to 1/9765625 or approximately 0.000000102.
