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2 coins (Posted on 2016-03-18)

Suppose you have 2 identical-looking coins: one that is fair and one that comes up heads 75% of the time.
You randomly chose one of them, flip it 3 times and it comes up as H-H-T.

What is the chance that the coin you picked is the fair one?

Source: Project Euler

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Subject	Author	Date
re(3): Bayes	ronald3tolkien	2022-10-02 06:56:22
re(3): Bayes	ronald3tolkien	2022-10-02 06:53:48
re(3): Bayes	ronald3tolkien	2022-10-02 06:52:51
No Subject	Marry Clare	2022-02-05 09:57:28
re(2): Bayes	Divergent	2020-09-10 06:52:50
re: Bayes	James	2020-04-04 09:33:26
Bayes	Charlie	2016-03-18 11:10:23
Shortcut (spoiler)	Steve Herman	2016-03-18 11:05:31

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