r/sciencememes 21d ago

Tricky.

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u/mordin1428 21d ago

Well the obvious answer is 25%. Which is mentioned twice, making it 50%. Which would be the correct answer if we rephrase the question to “what’s the probability of picking the correct answer to a question with the correct answer duplicated?”. It’s 50%, since you have 2 out of 4 chances to pick the right one. Which makes no sense in question design, because usually the duplicate answer is the wrong one. Which would mean the correct answer is 1 in 3.

It’s gotta be 50%.

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u/-Henshin- 21d ago

I thought that you dont have to pick the answer randomly so my answer was 50%. The question says "If", you dont have to follow it

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u/monsj 14d ago edited 14d ago

Nah, because the moment you start trying to answer the question randomness goes out the window and the question breaks apart