Suppose you have six coins. Five are fair coins and one is biased. The biased coin comes up heads 80% of the time. What is the probability that you have a fair coin given each of the following outcomes from a sense of flips. A) 5 heads and 0 tails B) 8 heads and 3 tails C) 10 heads and 10 tails D) 3 heads and 8 tails   Someone take a look at this question please because my answers aren't making sense

College Algebra
10th Edition
ISBN:9781337282291
Author:Ron Larson
Publisher:Ron Larson
Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability
Section8.7: Probability
Problem 6ECP: In Pennsylvania’s Cash 5 game, a player chooses five different numbers from 1 to 43. If these five...
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Suppose you have six coins. Five are fair coins and one is biased. The biased coin comes up heads 80% of the time.

What is the probability that you have a fair coin given each of the following outcomes from a sense of flips.

A) 5 heads and 0 tails

B) 8 heads and 3 tails

C) 10 heads and 10 tails

D) 3 heads and 8 tails

 

Someone take a look at this question please because my answers aren't making sense

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