re: Need help with this multiple choice question....

The odds of answering correctly given 4 choices would be 25%.

So, since 25% is listed twice, there's actually a 50% chance that you would randomly select A or D, which both contain a correct answer to the question.

So, since the chances of correctly guessing at random is actually 50%, the single correct answer to the question is answer B.

But you only have a 25% chance of selecting choice B at random, so now you're back to either A or D, which gives you a 50% chance, so now you're back at B, which gives you a 25% chance, so now you're back to either A or D, which gives you a 50% chance, so now you're back at B, which gives you a 25% chance, so now you're back to either A or D, which gives you a 50% chance, and so on... so it's a paradox.

The answer depends upon the answer, not how you interpret the question. It says to chose AN (just one) answer. If there are two identical correct answers out of 4, and you can only choose one, then the chance is 50%.

Try to use your own reasoning to answer this one...

If you choose an answer to this question at random, what is the chance you will be correct?

A. 25%
B. 25%
C. 75%
D. 25%

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Impossible

There is a 50% chance you will randomly pick a letter corresponding to the correct answer out of the 4 choices given.

You are only selecting 1 answer however two of the choices have the correct %. If the options were

A: 25%
B: 25%
C: 25%
D: 25%

You would have 4 choices but a 100% chance of choosing the right one.

None of the choices are possible or potential answers. They are totally irrelevant. Even if they appear to present themselves as potential correct answers.
I assume the actual question is:
if there are four possible choices and one choice is the correct answer, what's the probability that you will select that answer randomly, like drawing it from a hat?

Reminds me of graffiti on wall in a pub I once frequented. "Don't you feel more like now than you did when you first got here?"