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A man is known to speak the truth 3 out of 4 times. He throws a die and reports that it is a six. The probability that it is actually a six is:

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38
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25
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47
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324
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Solution

The correct option is A 38
Let E1 be the event it is actually 6 and E2 be the event of not actually 6 on the die.
Let A be the event that the man speaks truth
P(E1)=16,P(E2)=56
P(AE1)=34,P(AE2)=14
Using Bayes' Theorem,
P(E1/A)=(P(E1).P(A/E1)P(E1).P(A/E1)+P(E2).P(A/E2))=⎢ ⎢ ⎢ ⎢(16×34)(16×34)+(56×14)⎥ ⎥ ⎥ ⎥=38

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