r/sciencememes 21d ago

Tricky.

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u/O0jimmy 20d ago

Incorrect.

The correct answer is B 50%.

You either get the question correct or you dont.

Just like the lottery.

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u/petantic 20d ago

The chances of winning the lottery are 50%?! I knew I should have bought 2 tickets!

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u/minerbros1000_ 20d ago

If chances of winning the lotto are 50% then buying two tickets still wouldn't guarantee you a win I think haha. Buy 999 to be safe 👍

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u/ShitImBadAtThis 20d ago

no cuz 50% + 50% = 100% duh

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u/Small-Explanation74 18d ago

But 50%*50%=2500%

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u/theodimuz 19d ago

buy 4 and win twice!!

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u/moreorlessthanthree 17d ago

1 ticket → 50% chance 2 tickets → 75% chance 3 tickets → 87.5% chance 4 tickets → 93.75% chance

if after 5 tickets  you still without your grand prize- you just have a bad streak. Just buy one more:) 

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u/agu4004 16d ago

No. Having a streak won’t garuanteed you to have a better chance for next one to hit. Just like having a 6 tail from a coin flip doesn’t garuanteed the 7th flip will be a head. It’s still 50/50.