Bertrand's box

Three cards: one red on both sides, one black on both sides, one red on one side and black on the other. You draw a card at random and see a red face. What is the probability the other side is also red? Give a decimal.

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  1. Count faces that could be showing, not cards.
  2. Two of the three red faces are on one card.

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0.6667 (± 0.005)

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