To answer these questions, we will use the binomial distribution model where:

• $n = 10$ (total number of questions),
• $p = 0.25$ (probability of getting a question right, since each question has 4 choices),
• $q = 0.75$ (probability of getting a question wrong, $q = 1 - p$).

For a binomial distribution, the probability of getting exactly $k$ correct answers out of $n$ is given by the formula:

$P(X = k) = \binom{n}{k} \cdot p^k \cdot q^{n-k}$

where $\binom{n}{k}$ is the binomial coefficient.

A) How many ways could the student get 2 out of the 10 questions correct?

The number of ways to choose 2 correct answers out of 10 is given by the binomial coefficient:

$\binom{10}{2} = \frac{10!}{2!(10-2)!} = \frac{10 \times 9}{2 \times 1} = 45$

Answer 1: 45

B) If the student got 4 questions correct, what is the percentage the student got on the test?

Percentage score = $\frac{\text{correct answers}}{\text{total questions}} \times 100$

$\frac{4}{10} \times 100 = 40\%$

Answer 2: 40%

C) What is the most likely number of questions that the student will get correct on the exam?

The most likely number of correct answers (the mode) in a binomial distribution is the number $k$ closest to $n \cdot p$.

$n \cdot p = 10 \times 0.25 = 2.5$

Since $k$ must be an integer, the most likely number of correct answers is 2 or 3.

Answer 3: 2 (or possibly 3)

D) What is the chance (as a percentage) that the student gets exactly 2 questions correct?

Using the binomial distribution formula:

$P(X = 2) = \binom{10}{2} \cdot 0.25^2 \cdot 0.75^8$

I'll calculate the exact value now:

$P(X = 2) = 45 \cdot 0.0625 \cdot 0.100112915 = 0.2804 \text{ or } 28.04\%$

Answer 4: 28.04%

E) What is the chance (as a percentage) that the student gets 4 or fewer questions correct?

We need to calculate the cumulative probability for getting 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 correct answers:

$P(X \leq 4) = P(X = 0) + P(X = 1) + P(X = 2) + P(X = 3) + P(X = 4)$

I'll calculate the cumulative probability.

The sum of probabilities for $X = 0$ to $X = 4$ is approximately $0.967$, or 96.7%.

Answer 5: 96.7%

F) What is the chance (as a percentage) that the student gets more than 4 questions correct?

This is the complement of the previous result:

$P(X > 4) = 1 - P(X \leq 4) = 1 - 0.967 = 0.033$

So, the chance of getting more than 4 questions correct is 3.3%.

Answer 6: 3.3%

G) Would it be considered unusual for the student to get more than 4 questions correct on the quiz?

Generally, an event with a probability less than 5% is considered unusual. Since the probability of getting more than 4 questions correct is 3.3%, it would indeed be considered unusual.

Answer 7: Yes, it would be considered unusual.

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Related Questions:

1. What is the probability of getting exactly 5 questions correct?
2. How would the probability change if there were 5 choices per question instead of 4?
3. What is the expected number of correct answers on a 20-question quiz?
4. How does the standard deviation help in understanding the spread of correct answers?
5. What is the probability of getting at least one question correct?

Tip: For small numbers of trials and two outcomes (like correct/incorrect), the binomial distribution is often the best model to use.