The probability that the student does not know the answer but he randomly guesses it is 0.146025
How to solve for the probability of having a correct guess
The question has only one right answer out of 5 choices.
Probability he answers incorrectly:
1 - 0.55 * 4/5
= 0.45 * 0.8
= 0.36
Probability he does not know answer but answers the question correctly
[tex]\frac{(1-0.55)\frac{1}{5} }{0.55+(1-0.55)\frac{1}{5} }[/tex]
= 0.09/0.55+0.09
= 0.140625
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