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A student who is not prepared for the final Philosophy exam must answer 20 questions, every...

A student who is not prepared for the final Philosophy exam must answer 20 questions, every question has 5 possible answers, one is the correct one. If you decide to answer in order, calculate the probability of getting your first correct answer, a) in question five, b) in the tenth question

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