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
\[\begin{gathered}
{f_{R|0}}\left( r \right) = \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
{\frac{1}{4},}&{ - 3 \leqslant r \leqslant 1} \\
{0,}&{{\text{otherwise;}}}
\end{array}} \right. \hfill \\
{f_{R|1}}\left( r \right) = \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
{\frac{1}{6},}&{ - 1 \leqslant r \leqslant 5} \\
{0,}&{{\text{otherwise;}}}
\end{array}} \right. \hfill \\
\end{gathered} \]
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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