A student was tested on 100 true or false questions. The number of questions whose answers were true was 59. Find the probability that a question’s answer is false.

.41

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.49

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Solution

The correct option is A
.41

59 questions have true as answer and 41 questions have false as the answer.

So probability of answer being false = $\frac{41}{100}$ = 0.41

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A student was tested on 100 true or false questions. The number of questions whose answers were true was 59. Find the probability that a question’s answer is false.

The correct option is A .41 59 questions have true as answer and 41 questions have false as the answer. So probability of answer being false = 41100 = 0.41

The correct option is A
.41

59 questions have true as answer and 41 questions have false as the answer.

So probability of answer being false = $\frac{41}{100}$ = 0.41