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There are three coins. One is a two-headed coin (having head on both faces), another is a biased coin that comes up heads 75% of the times and third is also a biased coin that comes up tails 40% of the times. One of the three coins is chosen at random and tossed, and it shows heads. What is the probability that it was the two-headed coin?

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Let event E₁: choosing first (two headed) coin
E₂: choosing 2nd (biased) coin
E₃: choosing 3rd (biased) coin
$\therefore\text{ P(E}_{1}) = \text{P(E}_{2}) = \text{P(E}_{3}) = \frac{1}{3}$
A: The coin showing heads.
$\therefore\text{ P(A/E}_{1}) = 1, \text{P(A/E}_{2}) = \frac{75}{100} = \frac{3}{4},\text{ P(A/E}_{3}) = \frac{60}{100} =\frac{3}{5}$
P(E₁/A)$ = \frac{\frac{1}{3}.1}{\frac{1}{3}.1 + \frac{1}{3}.\frac{3}{4} + \frac{1}{3}.\frac{3}{5}}$
$ =\frac{20}{47}.$

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