Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A quiz has questions, each with four options and exactly one right option. A student has not studied and guesses every answer independently. Let be the number of right answers. Find the probability that exactly answers are right. Find the probability that at least answers are right. Find the standard deviation of . Give decimals to four places.
For independent trials with success probability and , , with mean and variance . Check the four conditions first: fixed , two outcomes, the same , independent trials.
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Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. Exactly three. .
Step 2. At least six. The terms for are about , , , and . They add up to about .
Step 3. The standard deviation. .
Answer: about , and .
What it means. A student who guesses is right about or times in , and gets or more right about once in quizzes.
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