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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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An inspiring story, follow your dreams, never say never, etc, etc,
But how do you fail a multiple choice quiz 949 times? She only needed to get 30 right! The odds against this must be enormous!
To put this in perspective...
(, Fri 6 Nov 2009, 19:16, 1 reply, 16 years ago)
Probability of passing any given test =
(assuming four answer choices per question and that the lady is employing guesswork)

.25 to the power of 30
x 50! (factorial)
divided by 20!

= about ten trillion scoobies

So there you go.
(, Sat 7 Nov 2009, 14:19, Reply)

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