A probability problem.

[Sean]

Courtesy of Jim Al-Kalili:

If you choose an answer to this question at random what is the chance you would be correct?

A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 60%
D) 25%

 

[LincolnDuncan]

I'll take a guess at A

 

[LincolnDuncan]

But it could also be D

 

[HeyAll]

B, because there's a 50% chance you could hit 25%, since 25% is on their twice.

Or it could be A or D because the answer is 50%, which is B.

LOL

 

[RobDownSouth]

Dayum, I'm gonna say 33% but that's not an option.

 

[LincolnDuncan]

F) None of the above

 

[AngeloMichael]

B, because there's a 50% chance you could hit 25%, since 25% is on their twice.

Or it could be A or D because the answer is 50%, which is B.

LOL

Yeah, if B is the right answer then there's only a 25% chance of randomly getting it correct, so A and D are correct which makes it 50% of a chance, so the correct answer is B but then it makes it only 25% of a chance...

I've gone cross-eyed...

Dude, Captain Kirk must keep this up his sleeve in case he needs to fry some circuits for all the time he keeps encountering rogue A.I.

 

[Aglaopheme]

1 in 3.

 

[Ms_Ann]

I choose not to answer.

 

[Typo Fu Master]

I think its 25%. There is still only one correct answer.

 

[john7771]

Interesting...

I don't think the question to be answered has never been clarified...

And does random mean a totally even distribution?

Some letter choices may be more partial with human choices?

Common sense says 1 in 4 for a random pick

The implications of this I believe are flawed?

 

[Sean]

I think its 25%. There is still only one correct answer.

O RLY?

 

[Saint Peter]

No correct answer.

 

[Sean]

http://www.guysgirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/princess-bride-2.jpg

 

[Saint Peter]

And why have you blindfolded ltr?

 

[Sean]

And why have you blindfolded ltr?

http://memecrunch.com/meme/6SGNM/ecumenical-matter/image.png

 

[Typo Fu Master]

There are some assumptions being made in my reply.

- The four choices given are the answers to choose from.
- Only one of the choices is the correct one.
- The choices given are relevant to the question being asked.
- There is an equal chance of any one choice being correct.

The way it's worded, the answer could possibly have nothing to do with the choices given.

 

[Sean]

There was an interesting discussion about it on Reddit a while back:

https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/c2p7u/multiple_choice_if_you_choose_an_answer_to_this/

 

[Saint Peter]

This is why the people with bigtime math degrees are working nights in warehouses.

 

[butters]

Courtesy of Jim Al-Kalili:

If you choose an answer to this question at random what is the chance you would be correct?

A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 60%
D) 25%

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0
.....

 

[Typo Fu Master]

That's a quantum rabbit hole you've got there.

 

[Adre]

This is why the people with bigtime math degrees are working nights in warehouses.

*chuckles*

 

[Lancecastor]

If a stayfree pad absorbs 10 times its weight in grrl leakage, why do they walk around with a pound of piss between their legs?

 

[Brollyanna]

If God is all powerful, can he create a rock that is too heavy for him to lift?

 

[Saint Peter]

If God is all powerful, can he create a rock that is too heavy for him to lift?

Who?