This is a wonderful probability puzzle given to me by my nephew, Karan Sharma, who lives in Jaipur and is in Class XII – thanks Karan!
A man is known to speak the truth 3 out of 4 times. He throws a die and reports that it is a six. What is the probability that it is actually a six?
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