Question 125
HardOriginal questionA bag holds 3 fair coins and 1 coin with a head on both sides. A coin is picked at random and tossed twice, and both tosses give a head. What is the probability that it is the two-headed coin?
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CorrectNot quiteAnswer C
Correct answer: C
Explanation
Two heads come from a fair coin with probability and from the two-headed coin with probability 1, so .
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Worth noting
is the answer after one head; the second head makes the two-headed coin likelier still.
- Concept
- Bayes' theorem
- Typical timeTypical
- 120 s
- Your timeYours
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