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A man is known to speak truth 4 out of 5 times. He throws a die and reports that it is a six. The probability that actually there was a six is

  1. A \(\frac{5}{9}\)
  2. B \(\frac{4}{9}\)
  3. C \(\frac{5}{35}\)
  4. D \(\frac{4}{35}\)
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(B) \(\frac{4}{9}\)

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\(P(\text{Actual six}) = \frac{1}{6}\) \(P(\text{No actual six}) = \frac{5}{6}\)