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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 or 6 with the die?

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Detailed Solution

From the given question,
Let,
E1= the event that girl gets 1 or 2 on the roll
E2= the event that girl gets 3, 4, 5, or 6 on the roll of a die.
A= the event that she gets exactly one tail
 PE1=26=13PE2=46=23
Now, If she tossed coin 3 times and gets exactly one tail then possible outcomes are HTH, HHT, THH.
 PA/E1=38
If she tossed coin only once and exactly one tail shows
Then, PA/E2=12
PE2/A=PE2PA/E2PE1PA/E1+PE2PA/E2=23×1213×38+23×12=1318+13=131124=811
Therefore, the required probability is 811.

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