It was intended to push you towards the 1⁄2 answer. If I wrote: you are not in the Vulcan desert” many people would immediately reason that I’ve eliminated 1⁄4 possibilities leaving 3 left for a 1⁄3 chance. With the current formulation, many people won’t even realise that they are equivalent.
It was intended to push you towards the 1⁄2 answer. If I wrote: you are not in the Vulcan desert” many people would immediately reason that I’ve eliminated 1⁄4 possibilities leaving 3 left for a 1⁄3 chance. With the current formulation, many people won’t even realise that they are equivalent.