A source emits bit 0 with probability $$\frac{1}{3}$$ and bit 1 with probability $$\frac{2}{3}.$$ The emitted bits are communicated to the receiver. The receiver decides for either 0 or 1 based on the received value R. It is given that the conditional density functions of R as
\[\begin{array}{l}
{f_{R/0}}\left( r \right) = \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
{\frac{1}{4},}&{ - 3 \le r \le 1}\\
{0,}&{{\rm{otherwise}}}
\end{array}} \right.\,{\rm{and}}\\
{f_{R/1}}\left( r \right) = \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
{\frac{1}{6},}&{ - 1 \le r \le 5}\\
{0,}&{{\rm{otherwise}}}
\end{array}} \right.
\end{array}\]
The minimum decision error probability is
A. $$0$$
B. $$\frac{1}{{12}}$$
C. $$\frac{1}{9}$$
D. $$\frac{1}{6}$$
Answer: Option D

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