A confusing math question....

[iwillkechu]

I'd like to think that I know the answer..... but I think it is 75% although that's not an option. So is the answer really 0%?

[twofin]

50%. Odds are 1 in 4 - 25%, since 25% is two of the choices 50% chance. That is my guess

[cowtrimmer]

Whats the intention of the question ?

[iwillkechu]

Just fun. Nothing other than that. I ran across the photo and thought it was funny and confusing.

[iwillkechu]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by twofin &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">50%. Odds are 1 in 4 - 25%, since 25% is two of the choices 50% chance. That is my guess</td></tr></table>

But 50% is also an answer. So the odds of guessing 50% is only 25%.

[twofin]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by iwillkechu &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">

But 50% is also an answer. So the odds of guessing 50% is only 25%. </td></tr></table>

The odds are 25% in a 4 choice question. That is the chance you will accidently get it right. Since 25% is 2 of the options, the chance you will get one right is 50%. You aren't picking an answer from a,b,c or d, those are just there to determine the odds of accidently getting it right.

[earthworm77]

wouldn't is be 33.3%.......since 25% is up there twice, 50% once and 60%....there are 3 different choices. Thus a 33.3% chance or 1 in 3 of randomly picking the correct one.

[mrlawler1]

Here's my take, randomly the answer is 25%, but if you think about what the answer is, and see that both a and d are 25%, then the answer would be 50%....I think theres a 1% chance that my answer is correct...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Modified by mrlawler1 at 5:13 AM 2/26/2012


Modified by mrlawler1 at 5:14 AM 2/26/2012

[WarEagle24]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by earthworm77 &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">wouldn't is be 33.3%.......since 25% is up there twice, 50% once and 60%....there are 3 different choices. Thus a 33.3% chance or 1 in 3 of randomly picking the correct one.</td></tr></table>

Good thinking but not correct. The thing to remember is that you have 4 choices.......A B C or D. Just because 2 of them are the same percent doesn't change anything.

[Altro Cat]

0% is the correct answer so that is a flawed question with no answer. That being said there are tons of questions like this in which even Ivy League professors will argue over the correct answer due to the question being written poorly.

If 25% was only offered one time as an answer the question could be answered but since it is there twice it deems the question unanswerable as it is written. If 50% was the answer offered twice then that would be the correct answer but it is only offered once.

[Fish TR19]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by twofin &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">50%. Odds are 1 in 4 - 25%, since 25% is two of the choices 50% chance. That is my guess</td></tr></table>

My guess too.

[rudapa]

When my 12 year old gets out of bed I'll ask her.

[21XDC]

[bilgerat]

that qwestun wuz writ bi a union teecher, so it iz flawid

[cldaniel]

at any given chance of guessing an answer there are only two answers. the correct answer and the not correct answer, so the probability of each guess the correct answer is 50%, because you can only get the right one or a wrong one.

[briansgi]

0% because the question doesn't state one of the answers is the correct answer to whatever the question is.

[ChampioNman]

C 60%. A and D = 50% B is already 50% and always in general when faced with a multiple choice question. Pick C and win.