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Two coins are tossed. Find the conditional probability that two Heads will occur given that at least
one occurs.

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Correct option is A)
Let A = {at least one Head occurs}, B = {two Heads occur}
Given:
Two coins are tossed.
To find:
The conditional probability that two Heads will occur given that at least one occurs.
1 1
×
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P (A ∩ B) P (A) × P (B) 1 4 1
= 1 2 2
P (B) =
∪
= = × =
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

P (A B) P (A) + P (B) − P (A) × P (B) 1 1 1 4 2+2−1 3

+ − ×
​ ​ ​ ​

2 2 2 2

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