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Beta posterior mode below one-half

You estimate a success probability pp with a Beta(4,2)\text{Beta}(4, 2) prior (leaning optimistic, centered around two-thirds), then observe just 3 successes in 9 trials. You want the single most probable value of pp under the posterior, the mode or MAP estimate.

What is the posterior mode of pp?

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