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Conditional Probability & Bayes' Theorem · Question 125 of 125

Question 125

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A 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

  1. Two heads come from a fair coin with probability 12×12=14\frac{1}{2} \times \frac{1}{2} = \frac{1}{4} and from the two-headed coin with probability 1, so P(HH)=34×14+14×1=716P(HH) = \frac{3}{4} \times \frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{4} \times 1 = \frac{7}{16}.

  2. 1/47/16=47\frac{1/4}{7/16} = \frac{4}{7}.

Worth noting

25\frac{2}{5} is the answer after one head; the second head makes the two-headed coin likelier still.

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