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HELP ME WITH THIS QUESTION
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this may sound like a dumb question, but im gunna do my best to explain it and see if i can get you guys to understand
okay, scenario
pretend there are 3 questions, each with 3 answers, A, B, C
now pretend all of these questions are random questions that you have no idea about. I've been told for years its best to guess in a straight line, AAA, BBB, or CCC to get the best chance of getting one right.
But this really doesn't make sense to me... if they are random, they should not have any funtion with one another, so the probability 1/3 for each question because they are each independent.So even if you guess ABC, ACC, CCA, etc.... everytime the probability is 3/9, or 1/3.....
just a rant, anyone else agree with this and think guessing in a straight line down is not a better chance
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The answer is seven.
but seriously, i dont even know what i just read.
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Not if its random, but teachers tend to favor the answer B when making tests...
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i have no idea either
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i think the correct answer is that your IQ is 7
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ok, cliff notes. is it better to guess in a straight line than random on a multiple choice test?
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... i got zinged.
bottom line: straight line is bullshit, if its random, then its random, theres no way to predict what the answer will be.
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depends heres what i did on my history final
questions 1-6 were 3 questions
1 and 2 were similair, so all you had to do was guess one
3 and 4 same
5 and 6 same
so all i had to do was guess true or false
then when i added 18, i got -7
this was perplexing so when i asked the teacher, if i had to use a condom, his answer were
"zurples aren't zinkers, but zinkers are zlongers, so zurples aren't zlongers, right?"
WRONG NIGGA
your question is a hard one but in a short span of questions like that, only 3 random or straightline doesn't matter
if its like 30 questions and you are ass retarded about them, just go straight line, becuase your bound to get a few right.
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You can't 'get zinged'
zing is the sound the burn makes.
DUH
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the last part you said
" your question is a hard one but in a short span of questions like that, only 3 random or straightline doesn't matter
if its like 30 questions and you are ass retarded about them, just go straight line, becuase your bound to get a few right."
thats what im trying to prove wrong, it doesnt matter HOW many questions there are, you have the same probability of guessing randomly as you do in a straight line...
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well lets see here there are 27 total combinations of sequences of answers and guessing a single letter for all of them is just one of the 27 sequences so really youre chances are 1 in 27 that youll get them all right. but usually teachers try to mix up the questions so yes guessing one letter for all of them would be the best idea. you run a risk of getting them all wrong but you are always risking that.
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teachers aren't random sequence generators, they are human beings and have to have some unconscious bias towards order.. so probly you'd be better off doing aaa bbb ccc
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I wasn't saying in a classroom test.
Heres an example---- if you had 3 questions left on the ACT.
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