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Answer the​ question, considering an event to be​ "unlikely" if its probability is less than or...

Answer the​ question, considering an event to be​ "unlikely" if its probability is less than or equal to 0.05.

A multiple choice question has 17 possible​ answers, only one of which is correct. Is it​ "unlikely" to answer a question correctly if a random guess is​ made?

A.Yes

B.No

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Answer the​ question, considering an event to be​ "unlikely" if its probability is less than or equal to 0.05.

A multiple choice question has 17 possible​ answers, only one of which is correct. Is it​ "unlikely" to answer a question correctly if a random guess is​ made?

A multiple choice question has 17 possible answers. one answer is correct.

Probability for a randomly selected answer is correct is

  

which is greater than 0.05, So the event is not unlike.

Ans:B. No

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