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A 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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NCERT TAMIL-PROBABILITY-MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISE ON CHAPTER 13
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  6. An urn contains 25 balls of which I0 balls bear a mark 'X' and remaini...

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  7. In a hurdle race, a player has to cross 10 hurdles. The probability th...

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  8. A die is thrown again and again until three sixes are obtained. Find t...

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  13. Suppose we have four boxes A, B, C and D containing coloured marbles a...

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  14. Assume that the chances of a patient having a heart attack is 40%. It ...

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  15. If each element of a second order determinant is either zero or one, w...

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  16. An electronic assembly consists of two sub-systems, say, A and B. From...

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  17. Bag I contains 3 red and 4 black balls and Bag II contains 4 red and 5...

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  18. Choose the correct answer: If A and B are two events such that P(A) ...

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  19. Choose the correct answer: If P(A|B) gt P(A), then which of the foll...

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  20. Choose the correct answer: If A and B are any two events such that P...

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