Question #119277
Emmanuel is given a multiple-choice exam with ten questions and each question with five possible answers. He decided to guess randomly for each question. What is the probability that he will get at least six questions correct
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Expert's answer
2020-06-01T16:09:19-0400

n=10

Probability of getting a correct answer is 15\frac {1}{5} =0.2

This is a binomial probability case

P(X=x) =(nx)pxqnx{n \choose x } p^x q^{n-x}

P(X6)=i=6100.2x0.810xP(X\geq 6)=\sum_{i=6}^{10} 0.2^x 0.8^{10-x}

=0.00637



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