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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

To answer this question correctly we need to use my favorite super power: pedantry. The meme suggest the rules of who wants to be a millionaire are in play, but that is not expressly stated. Furthermore we're going to ignore our societal training at recognizing multiple choice questions because, again, we're not given instructions.

With these powers combined, the question is ambiguous as it doesn't specify the set from which we are choosing. Using the 4 options below the question is an assumption. Therefore we have to conclude that we're choosing from an infinite set of options, every possible decimal value from 0 to 100.

The answer is an extremely small percentage, approaching zero.