A person can only be either right or wrong.
If a person is % right % of the time. and is % wrong the other % of the time, then that person must be __% right, all of the time.
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Let right = r Let total time = t
99% right, 50% of the total time: 99% r × 50% t
= 1 0 0 9 9 r × 1 0 0 5 0 t = 0.495 r t
'Other.. time' implies (1 - 50%)t . Therefore,
99% wrong, the other 50% of the total time: (1 - 99%) r × ( 1 - 50%) t
= 1 0 0 1 r × 1 0 0 5 0 t = 0.005 r t
Let x % r t be percentage of being right, all the time
percentage right, all the time = 99% right, 50% of the time + [1 - (99% wrong), the other % of the time)]
x % r t = 0 . 4 9 5 r t + 0 . 0 0 5 r t = 0 . 5 r t
= 5 0 % r t
Therefore x = 5 0