A coin is tossed three times. Find P (A/B) in each of the following:
A=Heads on third toss, B=Heads on first two tosses
When a coin is tossed three times, we have following outcomes
{HHH, HHT, HTH, THH, HTT, THT, TTH, TTT}
Total outcomes =8
From above outcomes,
A= Heads on third toss = {HHH, HTH, THH, TTH} =4
Therefore probability of occurrence of event A = P(A) =
B= heads on first two tosses = {HHH, HHT} =2
Therefore probability of occurrence of event B = P(B) =
Also we want P (A ∩ B) = probability of occurrence of both events A and B
=heads on first two tosses and heads on third toss
=heads on all tosses = {HHH} = 1(Occurrence Of both A and B events
Therefore, P (A ∩ B) =
Hence, =
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(answer)