- A fair coin is tossed once. If a head comes up, a fair die is tossed once, and of a tail comes up, a fair die is tossed tine. We want to find the probability that at least a six is observed.
- Solution: $\mathrm{H} \rightarrow$ head comes up
- $T \rightarrow$ tail comes up
- $A \rightarrow a$ six is observed.
- $\begin{aligned} P(A) & =P(A \mid H) P(H)+P(A \mid T) P(T) .\end{aligned}$
- $\begin{aligned}
& =\frac{1}{6} \cdot \frac{1}{2}+\left(1-\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^2\right) \times \frac{1}{2}=\frac{17}{72}
\end{aligned}$