Simple Conditional probability formula...Ans B)

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Jammy <[email protected]> wrote:

> Bayes' theorem: 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayes'_theorem<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayes%27_theorem>
> P(x=even|x>3) = P(x>3|x=even)*P(x=even)/P(x>3)===>B
>
> On Jan 14, 2:29 am, snehal jain <[email protected]> wrote:
> > An unbalanced dice (with 6 faces, numbered from 1 to 6) is thrown. The
> > probability that the face value is odd is 90% of the probability that
> > the face value
> > is even. The probability of getting any even numbered face is the
> > same.
> > If the probability that the face is even given that it is greater than
> > 3 is 0.75,
> > which one of the following options is closest to the probability that
> > the face value
> > exceeds 3?
> > (A) 0.453 (B) 0.468 (C) 0.485 (D) 0.492
>
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