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If you choose an answer to this question at random what is the chance you will be correct?

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A: 25%
B: 50%
C: 0%
D: 25%

Bumpppp

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Bump, thanks!

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Bump! Thanks for the giveaways! =)

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Bump!

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That Bao la Kiswahili game looks super cool!

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Sure is :)
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Thanks and bump

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My train of thought was 33% since we can eliminate 0% on the basis it creates a paradox if that was the correct answer.

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Clever! The only problem of course is: if 33% is the correct answer then 0% is the correct answer because 33% isn't an option so there is no chance you will answer correctly but the chance of correctly choosing 0% is 25% so that's the correct answer so it is 50% no 0% etc. etc. etc.
XD

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Thanks for the trip.

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Thanks for the giveaways :)
0% is a paradoxical answer since it means there cannot be a correct answer, so I guess the only way not to be wrong would be to abstain from answering :p

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bumps

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Bump.

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I see it like this

System 1 - Answer by logic

if choose 50%:

  • you are wrong, since 50% is 25% likely

if choose 25%:

  • you are wrong, since 25% is 50% likely

if choose 0%:

  • you are wrong, since 0% is 25% likely

Since the answer depends on your choice, you will always be wrong. That doesn't mean 0% is the answer, rather, when you answer the question, the result you get will always be fail.


System 2 - Answer by predetermined value

But then lets says there is a predetermined answer (which is usually how multiple choice questions work):

if the correct answer is 50% or 0%:

  • then you will have 25% chance of being right

if the correct answer is 25%:

  • then you will have 50% chance of being right

if the correct answer is something else:

  • then you will have 0% chance of being right

That is to say, that it doesn't matter whether there is a logic to the answer or not, as the multiple choice question only cares about the final predetermined result being matched by what you chose.


System 3 - Answer by letter label

A final MC system might not even care what the value inside the A, B, C, D choice, but only consider the letter. That's to say that each 25% is treated separately, and a possible solution is that only A is right even though D refers to the same answer (I've actually had such a situation in school once). In this case you always have a 25% chance of being right, assuming the system always assumes one right answer.


So if you ever get such a question, your best bet is to choose one of the 25%, so A or D. If all systems are possible, the a 25% answer is your best bet, because System 1 and 3 give you the same success and failure for all answers, but System 2 favors the 25% answer.

If all Systems are equally likely, your chance of success when choosing A or D is:
(1/3) *0 + (1/3)*0.5 + (1/3)*.25
= 25%

for B or C it is 16.667% chance of success

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0% because there is no answer to the question.. ? Lol

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Bumping the express train!

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Bump! ... random answer xD

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bump for 25% into 50% ?

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BUMP! For D:25%!🍻

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my head hurts

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