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Paper 1Probability

Coins AA and BB have probabilities pp and qq of landing heads, respectively, where 0<q<p<10<q<p<1. All tosses are independent.

It is given that p+q=13/12p+q=13/12. When each coin is tossed once, the probability that both land heads is 1/41/4.

Coin AA is now tossed twice and coin BB once. Given that exactly two of these three tosses land heads, what is the probability that coin BB lands tails?

A14\dfrac14
B38\dfrac38
C23\dfrac23
D34\dfrac34
E67\dfrac67

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