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Three purses contain respectively (2silver,4copper),(4silver,2copper) and (5silver,1copper) coins. One of the purses is selected at random and then a coin is draw from it at random.If the coin draw is an copper coin, What is the probability that it is from the third purce?

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UsingBayesRule,Selectionofeachbagisequallylikelywithprobability1/3Probabilitythatitscomingfromthethirdbaggivenitscopper=ProbabilitythatitscomingfromthethirdbaggivenitscopperProbabilitythatthecoiniscopperfromanybag=(1/3)×(1/6)(1/3)×(4/6)+(1/3)×(2/6)+(1/3)×(1/6)=17=1/7

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