Suppose you guessed and correctly answered a multiple-choice question that had four options as possible answers, with each option equally likely and only one correct answer. What is the probability of your guessing the answer CORRECTLY?
A) p = .75
B) p = .80
C) p = .25
D) p

Question

Suppose you guessed and correctly answered a multiple-choice question that had four options as possible answers, with each option equally likely and only one correct answer. What is the probability of your guessing the answer CORRECTLY?
A) p = .75
B) p = .80
C) p = .25
D) p < .05

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Since there are four options and only one is correct, the probability of guessing the answer correctly is 1/4 or 0.25, which corresponds to choice C.

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