Thread 509279180

>/pol/ criticizes POC all day
>99% of you can't even solve a basic math problem

It's a paradoxical question. There is no correct answer.

>>509279180 (OP)
It's 0 since the answers are completely irrelevant to the question

C

50%. either im right or wrong.

>>509279249
wrong.
if there are only four choices that means it is a quantum mathematics question.
>>509279180 (OP)
calculators to solve that problem do not exist yet.

>>509279249
This
Most of the bait questions posted are either paradoxical wordplay or poorly formatted equations, neither of which are smart
Fuck off OP go suck cock on some other board

>>509279180 (OP)
If a nigger tampons at 10 jews per jeet, how often does OP suck dick

>>509279180 (OP)
It's either A or D

>>509279180 (OP)
0%
the question is bullshit

>>509279180 (OP)
this seems like some quantum shit to me

>>509279180 (OP)
The objectively correct answer is 25% in a 4 answer multiple choice, but there are 2 25% answers, making the answer 50%, which makes the answer 25% again. Thus the objectively correct answer is to not unironically play a rigged game and choose option b.The answer is b): 60%.

>>509279180 (OP)
i actually dont think any of those answers are correct.

literacy test question. because at first glance it is obviously c, but this then implies that it is a 1/4 chance which has two correct answers. continues looping forever. op is a faggot.

>>509279180 (OP)
great question. teacher must have been a real dick.

>>509279180 (OP)
The actual chance is far lower than any answer available when accounting for all variables

>>509279180 (OP)
C

>>509279180 (OP)
easy, its 50% because you either get it right or you dont. there are no other outcomes.

Only Aryan chads know.

>convoluted formatting for the sake of creating a brain scratcher
The extra 25% is a printing error. 3 valid answers yet no 33% choice.

>>509279180 (OP)
33%
Final answer

>>509279180 (OP)
Go ahead and say “per capita”, blacks will literally fail to understand this on average lmao.

Fitty

the answer is "jews"
its always the jews
you are in a jewish spam thread

>>509279180 (OP)
OK why isn't this 1/3?

>>509280741
because you can pick between 4 options

>>509280741
Its not 33% because probability is still 1/4 Eventhough 25 is repeated 25 there, its a very confusing question i think

>>509279180 (OP)
I never drink with Sicilians

>>509279502
6,000,000

>>509279180 (OP)
>Niggers and brown rapists r smart: The Thread
Shut the fuck up you pea brained 85 IQ faggot

There are 2 correct answers and 4 total choices. The answer is 50% you low SAT niggers.

>>509281545
The probability of choosing 50% is 25%.

>>509280741
Because a, d are different options

>>509279249
fpbp

>>509279764
the answer is c. 50%.
if you have 4 choices the probability that you will guess right is 25%. 25% is 2/4 of the questions. thus, you have a 50% chance of randomly answering correctly on this question. simple.

Assuming there is only one correct answer, then the correct answer is either A or D, however it is not clear which.
Picking at random, you have a 25% chance of selecting the correct answer.
I would pick A and hope I was right - there is a 50% chance of that.

>>509282074
If the chance of a random answer being correct is 50% and it also equal to 25% (the chance of randomly selecting C), then there is an inconsistency. 50% is not equal to 25%. So C cannot be the correct answer

>>509279180 (OP)
100%, i'm always right.

>>509282104
you are not answering the question randomly, you are answering it. and the question asks if you were to randomly choose one correct answer out of 4 possibilities, what is the probability you will be correct? it is 25%, obv, and 25% appears twice, so if you were going to randomly select an answer you would have a 50% chance of doing so. thus, the answer here is 50%.

>>509279180 (OP)
Correct about what

>>509279474
>its le jewish sci-fi fantasy question

>>509282312
you have a 50% chance of selecting one of the two 25%. simple as.

what am i missing?

It can be easily solved using string theory

>>509282074
>>509282104
Again, this would make 50%, the "correct" answer, have a 1/4 chance of being chosen randomly. And if 1/4 is the probability of choosing the "correct answer" then it is 25%, which there are 2/4.
>>509282392
I can't tell if you're trying to be low IQ on purpose?
>and the question asks if you were to randomly choose one correct answer
That's not what it says.

There is no answer.

>>509282533
Quantum entanglement

>>509282533
You have to pull a string out of your ass

>>509279180 (OP)
The second you looked at the answers, its no longer random.

>>509279180 (OP)
It's 50% - there are only two outcomes: either you pick the correct answer or you don't.

>>509279180 (OP)
There is no basis for correct.

>>509282392
An answer is either correct or it isn't.
There are 16 possibilities total (no correct answer, A only, B only, C only, D only, A or B, AC, AD, BC, BD, CD, ABC, ABD, ACD, BCD, or all of ABCD).
Choosing at random leads to the following probabilities of getting a right answer: 0%, 25%, 25, 25, 25, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 75, 75, 75, 75, 100%.
The actual values shown in the answers are inconsistent with 14 of these 16 possibilities - e.g. 0, 75, and 100 percent do not appear at all. If only C is correct then it shows 50% but that doesn't equal the 25% chance of selecting it, creating an inconsistency.
Only A or only D are the only valid possibilities.

>>509279249
Its not at all paradoxical
If I were to pick at random I would have a 50% chance of guessing correct.
The question is not asking you to pick randomly, but its asking you if you had breakfast this morning

>>509282518
But the question asks about the chances of selecting the CORRECT answer. 25% is not the correct answer if the answer is 50%, and therefore, it cannot be 50%, since 50% implies that 25% is correct (but it isn't).

>>509282518
You're missing that then the correct answer is not one of the 25%, but the single 50%. Whence the correct answer is again 25% etc. ad nauseam pp.

It's a stupid thing like "this sentence is false." Nothing deep going on.

>>509282518
>what am i missing?
You're missing the fact that you didn't choose C *at random*, you calculated it.
If you were to pull tiles out labelled A thru D, the chance of picking C would be 25%, 1 in 4.
The chance of you being wrong would be 3 in 4 or 75%

>>509279180 (OP)
E) 100%

>>509279180 (OP)
it is 0

>>509283004
>An answer is either correct or it isn't
I'm assuming the test taker has an answer key to check if you are right.
Id the test taker is rolling dice to decide what the correct answer is, after you've already answered, then that would complicate things.

>>509279180 (OP)
All of the answers are wrong.
The correct answer is 0%

>>509282518
there are 2 25% so you have a 1 in 3 chance as there are only 3 values to choose from. The answer is 33.3% but since it is not listed you have a 0% chance

>>509283103
ergo:
>>509283281

>>509283004
>An answer is either correct or it isn't
I'm assuming the test giver has an answer key to check if you are right.

>>509282704
You and me are the only smart ones here, A and D (25%) are entangled quantum states, they exist in a superposition of states until observed, the act of observing influences the system.

>>509279605
If A and D are both correct, then that means you'd have a 50% chance of getting it right. Why not C?

>>509283103
No, as a test giver I've decided that A is the correct answer and D is incorrect (because, say, A is my favorite letter).
You have a 25% chance of selecting it and that is consistent with the 25% shown next to answer A).
There is no inconsistency and if you answer A you will be correct.

>>509283492
No, only one of A or D is correct.
The question is a poor one because it doesn't reveal which.

>>509279180 (OP)
This question is known as a self-referential paradox. Randomly selecting a 1 in 4 would yield 25%, but since two of the answers are 25%, 50% of the time you would be selecting the correct answer, making the right answer 50%, and that's a parodox, because if it's 50%, you'd only pick it 25% of the time... and the logic loops from there.

>>509279396
Incredibly based. C is the right answer.

>>509283586
It's not a paradox at all, because it doesn't loop.
None of the answers are correct, so the probability of selecting the correct one is zero.

Now, it would be an endless loop if zero were answer B).

>>509279180 (OP)
33.3333333333333333333333333%

Oh it's possible there is no right answer
Or its possible that A is the only right answer
Or its possible that D is the only right answer
The other 13 possibilities (e g A wrong B wrong C right D wrong) lead to inconsistencies

>>509279180 (OP)
No direct question has been posited.

>>509283767
There is a correct answer (0%) but it isn't one of the choices.

It's effectively the same as asking:
>What is the capital of France?
>A) Tuscaloosa
>B) Berlin
>C) Chicago
>D) Prague

>>509279180 (OP)
Probability is pure bullshit man.

>>509283677
You can't reduce it to 1/3 when 4 options which exist

>>509279180 (OP)
0%
If you don't answer at random, you don't have to follow the multiple choice.

>>509283021
I almost agree with you but It's asking us and we have full knowledge of the answers. If it didn't say "you" and we assumed the selector had 0 knowledge then you'd be correct. As it stands it's paradoxical because we're picking at random but with full knowledge of all possibilities.

>>509279180 (OP)
The answer is a

>>509283863
Yeah the question is a trick one because none of the answers are right
Or the correct answer is A only or D only, but you don't know which one

>>509279180 (OP)
I can't even read, all my posts are dictated

>>509279180 (OP)
>Picking a 1 answer out of 4 means you have a 25% chance of being correct
>However, both a) and d) are correct since they're both 25%
>However, this now means that you have a 50% chance of being correct, which means c) is correct
>However that's only 1 out of the 4 options which brings us right back to 25%
And round and round we go forever. All because some grossly overpaid sheboon in administration didn't proof read the test

>>509280741
retard

>>509279180 (OP)
kys stupid nigger
real question is why this ad is allowed when they're supposed to sfw? dude has half a thumb in a latex asshole

>>509283917
there are only 3 options, raj. are you niggas only good at spelling?

>>509284162
You are blind? Or can't count till D?

>>509284073
>pol
>sfw

>>509283668
The question asks the reader to calculate probability, and presents 4 answers, but the act of calculating the probability changes the correct answer, upon recalculating the answer you oscillate back to the first answer, and so on. That is why it is a self-referential paradox. This is plainly obvious, and suggesting that the correct answer is 0% when it's not an option isn't sensible. The premise is you're picking an answer from This question, not a hypothetical one where 0% is an option.

>>509284190
2 of the options are the same bloody benchod

>>509284223
>suggesting that the correct answer is 0% when it's not an option isn't sensible
see
>>509283863

Writing out multiple choice answers without the correct one doesn't change reality.
Ironically, if zero were included, it would make zero wrong, too.
Then you'd really be in a pickle.

>>509279180 (OP)
You have a 1 in 4 chance of being correct. Remember, the answer is unknown! The percentages next to each answer ARE NOT THE FUCKING ANSWER ITSELF. They represent the chance you have of getting the correct (again - UNKNOWN) answer correct by choosing either A, B, C, or D. Stop thinking of the percentages shown as being the actual answer. You have a 25% chance of getting it correct. Once again, you are not choosing by looking at the answer which remains unknown, you are picking at random from 4 possible choices. 25% and y'all can suck it.

>>509279180 (OP)
>choose at random
>gives answers that will give you a bias to not choose at random
Really?

>>509279180 (OP)
Theres 3 choices to make since 2 are the same, which means the answer is 1/3 or 33% which isnt present, there is no right answer here

>>509284385
Nope. It's multiple choice, and there are two answers that are the same.
>>509284399
You're not white

>>509284244
Its a paradox arising from observation bias. I've clearly and articulately mentioned the reasons in my first original reply
>>509280887

>>509284220
it's annoying more than anything

>>509284527
No, we do not know the answer at all. The two that are the same show the same percentage of correctly choosing at random the right answer. Again, the percentages listed are not the actual answer which remains unknown to us.

>>509284399
That's wrong, though. Two of the choices are the correct option. The choices both exist. One doesn't go away just because it's the same, it just gives you better odds of getting it correct. So the answer is 50 percent, since you have a 2/4 chance of randomly selecting the correct answer (25 percent), which is 50 percent.
The answer is 25 percent, but you aren't selecting randomly, you're answering the question.

>>509279180 (OP)
The answer is 100%

>>509280453
This is the correct answer and also what I reasoned with and picked

>>509285066
When you buy a lottery there isn't a 50% chance you will win

e) All of the Above

>>509285119
Yes but it's a trick question, you know it's a trick question based on its premise and the options presented to you. Thus, you fully accept the silliness and know there's a gimmick, you're either going to guess correctly out of the options or guess wrong, as the person running the challenge is going to subjectively respond to you

>>509279180 (OP)
It's 75% retards. by random you have 25% chance onouckin the right answer, but 25% is given wice which makes it 50% which is also given. Which means you have 3 right answers which makes it 75%

>>509279180 (OP)
> no 33%

>>509279180 (OP)
that's not really a math problem it's a thought experiment

>>509285328
Free Palestine niggers

>>509279249
it's actually more like a recursive question, but yes the correct answer is 0% but it's not listed.

The answer is 0% because both a) 25% and d) 25% are the same answer. This effectively makes them "both" correct in the sense of probability. However, that makes it actually 50%, which now c) is correct.

Given a), b), and c) are now correct it's 75%, and thus no answer is actually correct and now it's 0%. That finally resolves because there's no more dependencies on the stack.

Every answer leads to a contradiction.

>>509285475
I agree, it would be a more fun question if C was 75%, because then you would just be "right" no matter what you picked....but then the correct answer is 100% and none of the answers are 100% so then it is 0% etc etc etc

>>509285688
God damn you niggers are dumb.

The only correct answer is simply to leave it blank and move on to the next question.

>>509280482
A blue apple would confuse gays more

Everybody itt is FUCKING RETARDED
THERE'S NO QUESTION
If there was no multiple choice what would be the answer ?
Example:
>2+2 is: ?
>No multiple choice: it's 4
or
>2+2 is: A)4 B)5 C)7 D)4
>What are the odds of randomly picking the right answer ?
>It's 50% - even without multiple choice
So
>What are the odds of randomly picking the right answer: A)50% B)60% C)15% D)75%
But OP's question is akin to
>What was the altitude ?
>A) 100 B)75 C)750 D) 250
AND YOU'RE ARGUING ABOUT IT AHAHAHAHAHA

>>509279180 (OP)
50%
there are two 25% answers listed so they must be wrong.
so that leaves 2 valid answers.
50%

the question doesnt specify whether it is a value or one of the available choices. It is a trick question with not enough information given

>>509284782
You are the dumbest of dumb jeet niggers. You don't know the answer because there is no correct answer. The question is bullshit making you choose between 4 incorrect answers. You are just too dumb of an ape to understand. It's straightforward as fuck.

>>509283021
theres two duplicate answers. if the answer is the one which is duplicated and either of the duplicates would be accepted as correct then the odds were 50/50 that you would have selected a correct option. if the answer was one of the two non duplicated answers then the odds would have been 25%.

all of these fucking brainlet psued questions that get posted are unanswerable without further information and to say any specific answer is the correct answer is fucking 1+1=2 commie faggot sophistry.

>>509279180 (OP)
and, really, if the answer is either of the two duplicates then the correct answer was actually c rendering the odds 3/4. again, these fucking midwit questions are designed to be a struggle session whereby none of the answers are correct and all participants are put in a position of defending an incorrect answer. And, lets drop the fucking pretenses this shit is satanism.

>>509279180 (OP)
None of the listed answers are correct which means the chance is zero.
You don't need to pick any of a,b,c,d to answer the question; they're just there to be confusing.

>>509286166
>2+2 is
>A)4 B)5 C)7 D)4
You're dumb

>>509285943
fag spotted

>>509283668
>>509284223
>>509284370
this is exactly what Im talking about. The whole point of these questions is to cause a struggle session. this is satanic commie bullshit stop falling for it.

>>509279249
Not paradoxical, just a trick question.
>>509279304
Correct
>>509279993
Literacy test, yes. And it's testing instruction following.

>The question does not say "Circle the correct answer".
You just write 0%.

If the question said:
>"Select the answer below which indicates the chances of being correct if one of the four answers was chosen at random"
It would be a paradox. But it's not, it's just a gimmick question. Write in the answer of 0% and you win a tootsie roll from your teacher.

>>509287418
I still say to just skip it. By interacting with it in any way you create a chance that you could be wrong. I would rather have the test taker ask me later why I didn't answer rather than trying to explain why I answered in a way not given in the choices.

>>509279605
the question is multiple choice, meaning you can fill in only one answer. the questions isn't hard, everybody can figure it out by thinking for at least a minute, its not a fucking paradox. its asking you what would be the chance to be right if you're picking at random, but you're not. obviously, if you were picking at random there is a 50% chance to pick 25%, so the answer is C. how come so many of you people are so fucking dumb?

>>509279180 (OP)
>obvious answer is not the right answer
I am smart

its a multiple choice question, meaning there are 4 possible answers and only one of them can be correct. this is one of the 2 variables relevant to the question. if you pick either A or D, you are wrong. it seems obvious, but this is where the other variable comes in. 1/4 is to throw you off, yes there are 4 answers but two of them are the same, this is not usual for any MC questions, so its a little tricky. 25% would be right for 1/4, but its 1/2 because it says 25% twice. so if you were picking at random, there would be a 50% chance to pick A or D. simple

this is the proof that /pool/ is top intellectual board of all internet

answer is hidden between the lines yet this time no 'expert academic' will decode it and as was in the past claim nobel prize as they have done with these 'what is the answer here' dataminign threads

so far, at least x2 nobel prizes have been claimed by stealing knowledge from these types of threads

>>509279180 (OP)
The answer is undefined. Its like asking what percentage of Monday is “apple”. Or its like asking “what is 1 + 1” and having the only options be “hamburger” or “26”

>>509279180 (OP)
Scenario 1: Question has discrete answer
>Quick statistic 1 in 4 chance
>Which 25% answer is correct is irrelevant, one of them is "right" and the other is "wrong"
Scenario 2: Picking at random, 1 in 4 chance applies.
Question implies 25% is correct, regardless of whether you pick A or D.
>50% is correct, as they represent 2 in 4 opportunities
Scenario 3: There are 2 options for a 1 in 4 chance
>50% is correct, as they represent 2 in 4 opportunities
You pick any answer at a 1 in 4 chance; correct answer is one of the above, randomized
>1 in 3 chance of the correct scenario, 1 in 4 chance of correct choice
>1/4 * 1/4 * 1/4 * 1/3 = 1/192 you got that one right
Sum up the odds you fucked up and you're just plain fucked, OP

It's none of the answers listed. 33.3% would be the closest, but since it's not listed the question can't be answered with the given answers.