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A​ multiple-choice test has
six possible answers for each question.

​(a) If a student guesses at the​ answer, what is the probability that he or she selects the correct answer for one particular​ question?

​(​b) If the student first eliminates
one of the six possible answers and guesses from the remaining​ possibilities, what is the probability that he or she selects the correct answer to that​ question?

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Answer:

a. About 17% or [tex]\frac{1}{6}[/tex]

Because there is only 1 possible correct answer out of 6 choices.

b. 20% or [tex]\frac{1}{5}[/tex]

Because now the student eliminated 1, and there is 5 choices left. But only 1 is correct.

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