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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 i

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To solve the problem step by step, we will use Bayes' theorem to find the probability of having chosen the two-headed coin given that the result of the toss was heads. ### Step 1: Define Events Let: - \( E_1 \): Event of choosing the two-headed coin - \( E_2 \): Event of choosing the biased coin (75% heads) - \( E_3 \): Event of choosing the unbiased coin (50% heads) - \( A \): Event of tossing a coin and getting heads ...
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