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As man is known to speak truth 3 out of 4 times. He throws a die and reports that it is a six. Find the probability that it is actually a six.

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If numberdifferent than six shows up and man reports it is a six, so man is telling a lie.

` therefore `Probability `=1-frac{1}{4}=frac{1}{4} `

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