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A die is thrown twice and the sum of the numbers appearing is observed to be 6. What is the conditional probability that the number 4 has appeared at least once? Select the correct answer from above options

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We known that when a die is thrown twice, then the sample space has 36 possible outcomes. Let A = event that 4 appears at least once, and `B=` event that the sum of the numbers appearing is 6. Then, `A{(4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6), (1, 4), (2, 4), (3, 4), (5, 4) , (6, 4)}` and `B={(1, 5), (2, 4), (3, 3), (4, 2), (5, 1)}`. `:. A nn B={ (2, 4), (4, 2)}`. So, `P(A)=(n(A))/(n(S))=11/36, P(B)=(n(B))/(n(S))=5/36` and `P(A nn B)=(n(A nn B))/(n(S))=2/36=1/18`. Suppose B has already occurred and then A occurs. so, we have to find `P(A//B)`. Noe, `P(A//B)=(P(A nn B))/(P(B))=((1//18))/((5//36))=(1/18xx36/5)=2/5` Hence, the required probability is `2/5`.

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