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The probability that exactly 3 heads appear in six tosses of an unbiased coin, given that the first three tosses resulted in 2 or more heads is

  1. A \(\frac{3}{16}\)
  2. B \(\frac{5}{16}\)
  3. C \(\frac{1}{4}\)
  4. D \(\frac{9}{16}\)
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(B) \(\frac{5}{16}\)

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Let \(E_1\) be the event of getting 2 or more heads in three toss Let \(E_2\) be the event of getting exactly 3 heads in 6 tosses Required probability \(=P\left(\frac{E_2}{E_1}\right)=\frac{P\left(E_2 \cap E_1\right)}{P\left(E_1\right)}\) Now,…