281.Five Coins, One Double-Headed
★★★conditional probabilityJane Street
You have five coins, one of which is double-headed and four of which are fair. You pick one at random and flip it five times, and every flip shows heads. What is the probability that you picked the double-headed coin?
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Weigh the two possibilities by how likely each was to produce five straight heads.
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