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Question: 2018 Fall Midterm - 17

Author: Michiel Smid
This midterm has 17 questions. For each question, four options are given. Assume that you answer each question, by choosing one of the four options uniformly at random.
Define the event
  • A = "you answer exactly 7 questions correctly".
What $\Pr(A)$?
(a)
$\frac{4^{17}}{{17 \choose 7}}$
(b)
$\frac{{17 \choose 7}}{4^{17}}$
(c)
$\frac{{17 \choose 7} \cdot 2^{10}}{4^{17}}$
(d)
$\frac{{17 \choose 7} \cdot 3^{10}}{4^{17}}$