MilesProblem
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Hi, my friends and I were watching Spider-Man last night and there is a scene where Miles purposefully scores zero on a multiple choice test with 100 questions. The teacher points out the only way to get 0/100 is to know all of the answers.
We then got into a fairly heated debate about how the number of answer options affects the difficulty of scoring zero.
My argument, once I’d thought about it for a bit, was that the only way to guarantee a score of zero, is to know the correct answer. So scoring zero is the same as scoring 100%. Difficulty increases with the amount of options. So it is more difficult to GUARANTEE a score of zero, as the amount of options increases.
Can anyone who knows about maths confirm this is a better argument or tell me why I’m wrong?
Thanks
We then got into a fairly heated debate about how the number of answer options affects the difficulty of scoring zero.
My argument, once I’d thought about it for a bit, was that the only way to guarantee a score of zero, is to know the correct answer. So scoring zero is the same as scoring 100%. Difficulty increases with the amount of options. So it is more difficult to GUARANTEE a score of zero, as the amount of options increases.
Can anyone who knows about maths confirm this is a better argument or tell me why I’m wrong?
Thanks