NCERT Class XII Mathematics Chapter - - Solutions

Question : 41

Total: 101

There are three coins. One is a two headed coin (having head on both faces), another is a biased coin that comes up heads 75% of the time and third is an unbiased coin. One of the three coins is chosen at random and tossed, it shows heads, what is the probability that it was the two headed coin?

Solution:

Let E1 : ‘coin chosen is two headed’, E2 : ‘coin chosen is biased’ and E3 : ‘coin chosen is unbiased’, ⇒P(E1)=P(E2)=P(E3)=

Let A : ‘tossed coin shows up a head’,
then P(A|E1)=1 , P(A|E2)=

100

and P(A|E3)=

Hence, the required probability =P(E1|A)

P(A|E1)P(E1)

P(A|E1)P(E1)+P(A|E2)P(E2)+P(A|E3)P(E3)

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