Trouble understanding PMF tables

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Hello all, I'm back with another basic probability question:

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I know that it involves Bayes theorem somewhere, but I don't understand this question at all!

Note: This isn't an assignment question or anything like that, it's just a textbook question that I need help with.

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Hi,
Let's kick-off with question $(a)$. We have given that $X$ is a random variable such that conditionally on $\{U=u\}$, $X$ is binomial with parameters $(2,u)$.

Do you know the binomial distribution? If you do, you only need to apply it's PMF for question $(a)$.

Hint for question $(b)$: law of total probability.