Conditional Probability Problem
You roll a 6 faced fair die then take the number you rolled and flip a fair coin that number of times. (ex: If you roll 3, flip the coin 3 times.) P(A)= The probability of rolling a 4 P(B)= The probability of tossing heads and tails in equal number of times
Find P(A|B).
Solution
Finding the Probability of A.
P(A)=1/6, the probability of rolling a 4 out of 6 outcomes.
Finding the Probability of B
There is a 0 chance of B if die was rolled a odd number. If rolled a 2, there are 2 sets (2*1) If rolled a 4, there are 6 sets (3*2) If rolled a 6, there are 20 sets(5*4) |B|=2+6+20=28 B={(2,H,T),(2,T,H)
(4,H,H,T,T),(4,H,T,H,T),(4,H,T,T,H),(4,T,H,H,T),(4,T,H,T,H),(4,T,T,H,H)...}
P(B)=28/126
\Omega={(1,H),(1,T)
(2,H,H),(2,H,T),(2,T,H),(2,T,T)...}
Finding P[AnB]
A is a subset of B. It's the case if rolled a 4, there are 6 sets. therefore P[AnB]=6/126
P[A|B]=P[AnB]/P[B]=(6/126)/(28/126)=3/14
