A probability question, please help!?

2011-09-06 2:09 pm
1) A fair coin, a double headed coin and a double tailed coin are placed in a bag. A coin is randomly selected. The coin is then tossed.

The coin falls heads. Find the probability that it is the double headed coin.

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2011-09-06 2:23 pm
✔ 最佳答案
There are six possible outcomes :

Head )
. . . . .) . . from the fair coin
Tail. . )


Head )
. . . . .) . . from the two-headed coin
Head )

Tail . )
. . . . .) . . from the two-tailed coin
Tail . )


Three of the outcomes show a head, and two of them come from the two-head coin. Therefore the probability that it WAS the two-head coin = 2/3.
2011-09-06 9:15 pm
2/3 of a chance
2011-09-06 9:30 pm
1/3 chance for which coin you will take out of the bag.
The fair coin has 1/2 chance of landing heads or tails.
The double headed coin has a 2/2 chance of landing heads.
And the double headed tails coin has 2/2 chance landing tails.

There is exactly 50% chance that you will flip heads, and 50 percent chance you will flip tails.
2/3 chance you will pick the double headed coins.
2011-09-06 9:21 pm
applying the law of total probability,

.................... fair coin ... 2 tailed 2 headed
P(heads) = 1/3 * 1/2 + 1/3*0 + 1/3 * 1 = 0.5

P(2 headed | heads] = (1/3 *1) / 0.5 = 2/3 <-----------


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