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Sania Mirza is to play with Sharapova in a three set match. For a particular set, the probability of Sania winning the set is y and if she wins probability of her winning the next set becomes y else the probability that she wins the next one becomes y2. There is no possibility that a set is to be abandoned. R is the probability that Sania wins the first set.

If R = 1/2 and Sania wins the second set, then the probability that she has won first set as well is nearly equal to 

(A) 0.74 

(B) 0.46 

(C) 0.26 

(D) 0.54

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Answer is (A) 0.74

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