A person is driving and comes to an intersection where they see a deer. After driving past the deer, a policeman pulls them over. After the standard questions, the policeman asks them if they had seen an elk on the road. The person says ‘no’ and goes upon their way. One week later, the same person is pulled over by another policeman. The second policeman asks the person if they had seen an elk the previous week. Forty percentage of the time, what will the person’s response be?

A. They had seen a deer.
B. They had seen a cow.
C. They had seen an elk.
D. They had not seen anything.


C. They had seen an elk.

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