A coin is tossed three times, where
(i) E : head on third toss, F : heads on first two tosses
(ii) E : at least two heads, F : at most two heads
(iii) E : at most two tails, F : at least one tail
Determine P(E|F)
The sample space of the given experiment will be:
S = {HHH, HHT, HTH, THH, HTT, THT, TTH, TTT}
(i) Here, E: head on third toss
And F: heads on first two tosses
⇒ E = {HHH, HTH, THH, TTH} and F = {HHH, HHT}
⇒ E ∩ F = {HHH}
So,
Now, we know that
By definition of conditional probability,
(ii) Here, E: at least two heads
And F: at most two heads
⇒ E = {HHH, HHT, HTH, THH} and F = {HHT, HTH, THH, HTT, THT, TTH, TTT}
⇒ E ∩ F = {HHT, HTH, THH}
So,
Now, we know that
By definition of conditional probability,
(iii) Here, E: at most two tails
And F: at least one tail
⇒ E = {HHH, HHT, HTH, THH, HTT, THT, TTH}
And F = {HHT, HTH, THH, HTT, THT, TTH, TTT}
So,
Now, we know that
By definition of conditional probability,