GATE EC 2014 Set 4 — Question 60
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Question
Consider the Z-channel given in the figure. The input is or with equal probability.
If the output is , the probability that the input is also equals ______________

Correct answer
0.79 to 0.81
Solution
Let be the input and be the output. Given .
From the Z-channel diagram:
From the Z-channel diagram:
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