Question

A game show has a contestant pick one of five doors to reveal the prize the contestant wins. A photo of a new boat is behind one of the doors, and joke prizes are behind the others. Which BEST describes the probability of winning the new boat?

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impossible
likely
unlikely
certain

Answer 1

Explanation:

The probability of winning the new boat is unlikely, since there is only one boat behind one of the five doors, while the other four doors have joke prizes. Assuming that each door has an equal chance of being selected by the contestant, the probability of choosing the door with the boat is 1/5 or 20%. However, the probability of not winning the boat is 4/5 or 80%. Therefore, it is unlikely that the contestant will win the boat.