Suppose that we have 4 coins such that if the ith coin is flipped, heads will appear with probability i/5, i = 1,2,...,4. When one of the coins is randomly selected and flipped, it shows tails. What is the conditional probability that it was the 3rd coin?
Suppose that we have 4 coins such that if the ith coin is flipped, heads will appear with probability i/5, i = 1,2,...,4. When one of the coins is randomly selected and flipped, it shows tails. What is the conditional probability that it was the 3rd coin?
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Transcribed Image Text:Suppose that we have 4 coins such that if the ith coin is flipped, heads will appear with probability i/5,
i = 1,2, ...,4. When one of the coins is randomly selected and flipped, it shows tails. What is the conditional
probability that it was the 3rd coin?
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