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A multiple-choice question has five answer options of which two options are correct. What is the probability of randomly choosing the correct pair of answer options

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User Filiph
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The answer is 2/5 because there are 5 options and two are correct so that would give you 2/5
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User Dmitry Andreev
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probability(picking first correct one) = 2/5
Probability (second correct one) = 1/5

So required probability = 1/5 * 1/4 =1/20
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