9709 P52 - Nov 2022 - Q5
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Eric has three coins. One of the coins is fair. The other two coins are each biased so that the probability of obtaining a head on any throw is \(\frac{1}{4}\), independently of all other throws. Eric throws all three coins at the same time.
Events \(A\) and \(B\) are defined as follows.
\(A\): all three coins show the same result
\(B\): at least one of the biased coins shows a head
(a) Show that \(P(B) = \frac{7}{16}\).
(b) Find \(P(A \mid B)\).
The random variable \(X\) is the number of heads obtained when Eric throws the three coins.
(c) Draw up the probability distribution table for \(X\).
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