CBSE Class 12 Math 2018 Solved Paper

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Suppose a girl throws a die. If she gets 1 or 2, she tosses a coin three times and notes the number of tails. If she gets 3,4,5 or 6, she tosses a coin once and notes whether a ‘head’ or ‘tail’ is obtained. If she obtained exactly one ‘tail’. What is the probability that she threw 3, 4, 5 s or 6 with the die?
Solution:
Let E1 be the event that the outcome on the die is 1 or 2
P (E1) = 26 = 13
let E2 be the event that the outcome on the die is 3,4,5 or 6
P (E2) = 46 = 23
let A be the event that exactly one tail comes
So
P (AE1) = 28 (A occurs given that E1 had already occured, coin tossed thrice)
P (PE2) = 12 (A occures given that E2 had already occured, coin tossed once
By Bayes's theorem, (A had already occured, probability that E2 had occured)
P (E2A) =
P(E2)×P(AE2)P(E2)×P(AE2)+P(E1)×P(AE1)

= 23×1223×12+13×38
= 811
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