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[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Maybe the answer is 100% Because it depends on how and when you ask/answer.

My opinion: The question isn't asking you which of the options is the correct answer, it's asking what your odds are of choosing the correct answer. Regardless of the value of the choices.

The question is asking for a value. Not one of the following letter choice.

Without knowing the correct answer, assuming one is correct,, a random guess out of 4 choice answers would be a 1 in 4 chance. 25%

If 25 is the correct blind answer, then, because this prof is trying to be funny, it becomes depending how you look at it, 2 in 4. Which makes it 50 which makes the odds 1 in 4.

Also, by selecting any one the only option is correct or incorrect. So 50/50

[-] kogasa@programming.dev 14 points 1 month ago

Which is wrong, because you incorrectly assumed there was one correct answer

[-] refalo@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

then what's the answer and why

[-] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

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