Monday, January 15, 2007

"GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY"

A man is known to speak truth 3 out of 4 times. He throws die and reports that it is a 6. The probability that it is actually a 6 is
A) 3/4
B) 5/8
C) 2/5
D) 3/5
E) 4/5

1 comment:

  1. its A.

    probability P1=3/4 he is saying a truth.
    p2=1/2 its a 6

    probability p3=1/4 hr is lying

    p4=1/2 its not a 6

    P=(P1*P2)/(P1*P2+P3*P4) using Bayes Theorem

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