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CASE STUDY

In answering a question on a multiple choice test for class XII, a student either knows the answer or guesses. Let 35\frac{3}{5} be the probability that he knows the answer and 25\frac{2}{5} be the probability that he guesses. Assume that a student who guesses at the answer will be correct with probability 13\frac{1}{3}. Let E1E_1, E2E_2, and E be the events that the student knows the answer, guesses the answer and answers correctly respectively. A student answers correctly if he/she knows the answer. Using the above information, answer the question:

The value of P(E/E1)P(E/E_1) is

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

E1E_1 is the event that the student knows the answer. Given knows the answer, the student answers correctly with probability 1. So P(E/E1)=1P(E/E_1) = 1.

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