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Q.15 For the FIFA world cup, Paul the octopus has been
predicting the winner of each match with amazing success.
It is rumored that in a match between 2 teams A and B, Paul
picks A with the same probability as A’s chances of
winning. Let’s assume such rumors to be true and that in a
match between Ghana and Bolivia, Ghana the stronger team
has a probability of 2/3 of winning the game. What is the
probability that Paul will correctly pick the winner of the
Ghana-Bolivia game?
4/9
2/3
1/9
5/9

Answer is: 5/9

can someone plz explain how this ans is calculated?????

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Q.15 For the FIFA world cup, Paul the octopus has been predicting the winner of each match with am..

Answer / anugoonj

its (2/3)^2 + (1/3)^2= 4/9+1/9 = 5/9

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Q.15 For the FIFA world cup, Paul the octopus has been predicting the winner of each match with am..

Answer / nitin

this can be solved by BAYES theorem of probability in class
12th book...check that out......

p(E1/A)= p(E1)*p(A/E1)
______________
p(E1)*p(A/E1)+p(E2)*p(A/E2)+ + +

Is This Answer Correct ?    6 Yes 1 No

Q.15 For the FIFA world cup, Paul the octopus has been predicting the winner of each match with am..

Answer / neo

pauls guessing and teams winning aare independent events so
ans = prability that[(paul picks ghana and ghana wins) or (paul picks bolivia and bolivia wens)]
ans = (2/3)*(2/3) + (1/3)*(1/3)
ans = 5/9

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Q.15 For the FIFA world cup, Paul the octopus has been predicting the winner of each match with am..

Answer / vikalp

5/9

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 0 No

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