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Do you know the answer? (feddit.org)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The answer is not available. The answer is 0 Percent. Each answer, if chosen, would be incorrect. If 0% was an answer, it would be the correct one despite being a 25% chance. Of course, if one 25% was there, that would be the correct answer.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But if you did randomly choose the 0% option, you'd be correct. So if one of the possible answers was 0% the correct answer would be 25%.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But it wouldn't be correct, so 0% would remain the answer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The point is that it can't be the answer if it's an option.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

But the teacher can't mark it wrong, making it right.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, they can. That's the problem with it being an option.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

If they mark it wrong, and all the others, if chosen, are wrong, then your answer was right and they would have to fix their mistake. That wave collapses to there being 0% chance of being right.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

Nope.