Heard on timcast the actual numbers are ~8-12%.
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They were told they would die if they ate it. Eve ate and didn't die. Thereby he had no reason to mistrust her when she offered it. Without knowledge of good and evil, he couldn't discern that God lied for his benefit or not, she might be lying, that they were fucked, anything. He could only follow the thing that God himself said was "one in flesh" with him.
Heck by the way the Bible is written, its not even 100% confirmable that Adam wouldn't be fucked regardless of it he had eaten if Eve already had. They were in fact "one" as God decreed it upon her creation. You could argue just as easily he was the one at fault for not controlling and preventing her from doing so if you wanted.
Also I don't think him knowing or not knowing changes a whole lot other than making Eve look worse and him look even more innocent, but the end result is the same.
The problem is, God considered Adam culpable (although less than Eve), meaning that he could in fact discern enough to preserve his power of choice.
Well, he still did it. He was tainted by doing so, and thereby he couldn't remain as he was.