1. For the events A and B, p(A) = 0.6, p(B) = 0.8 and p(A  B) = 1.

Find

(a) p(AB);

(b) p( A  B).

Working:

Answers:

(a) ..................................................................
(b) ..................................................................

(Total 4 marks)

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2. In a survey, 100 students were asked “do you prefer to watch television or play sport?” Of the
46 boys in the survey, 33 said they would choose sport, while 29 girls made this choice.

Boys Girls Total

Television

Sport 33 29

Total 46 100

By completing this table or otherwise, find the probability that

(a) a student selected at random prefers to watch television;

(b) a student prefers to watch television, given that the student is a boy.

Working:

Answers:

(a) ..................................................................

(b) ..................................................................

(Total 4 marks)

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3. Two ordinary, 6-sided dice are rolled and the total score is noted.

(a) Complete the tree diagram by entering probabilities and listing outcomes.

(b) Find the probability of getting one or more sixes.

Working:

Answer:

(b) ...............................................................

(Total 4 marks)

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4. A bag contains 10 red balls, 10 green balls and 6 white balls. Two balls are drawn at random
from the bag without replacement. What is the probability that they are of different colours?

Working:

Answer:

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(Total 4 marks)

5. The events B and C are dependent, where C is the event “a student takes Chemistry”, and B is
the event “a student takes Biology”. It is known that

P(C) = 0.4, P(B | C) = 0.6, P(B | C) = 0.5.

(a) Complete the following tree diagram.

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(b) Calculate the probability that a student takes Biology.

(c) Given that a student takes Biology, what is the probability that the student takes
Chemistry?

Working:

Answers:

(b) ..................................................................
(c) ..................................................................

(Total 4 marks)

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6. For events A and B, the probabilities are P (A) = , P (B) =

Calculate the value of P (A  B) if

(a) P (A  B) =

(b) events A and B are independent.

Working:

Answers:

(a) ..................................................................
(b) ..................................................................

(Total 6 marks)

7. In a school of 88 boys, 32 study economics (E), 28 study history (H) and 39 do not study either
subject. This information is represented in the following Venn diagram.

(a) Calculate the values a, b, c.

(4)

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 (b) A student is selected at random.

(i) Calculate the probability that he studies both economics and history.

(ii) Given that he studies economics, calculate the probability that he does not study
history.
(3)

(c) A group of three students is selected at random from the school.

(i) Calculate the probability that none of these students studies economics.

(ii) Calculate the probability that at least one of these students studies economics.
(5)
(Total 12 marks)

8. Dumisani is a student at IB World College.

The probability that he will be woken by his alarm clock is

If he is woken by his alarm clock the probability he will be late for school is

If he is not woken by his alarm clock the probability he will be late for school is

Let W be the event “Dumisani is woken by his alarm clock”.

Let L be the event “Dumisani is late for school”.

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(a) Copy and complete the tree diagram below.

(4)

(b) Calculate the probability that Dumisani will be late for school.
(3)

(c) Given that Dumisani is late for school what is the probability that he was woken by his
alarm clock?
(4)
(Total 11 marks)

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9. Events E and F are independent, with P(E) = and P(E  F) = . Calculate

(a) P(F);

(b) P(E  F).

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(Total 6 marks)

10. Two restaurants, Center and New, sell fish rolls and salads.

Let F be the event a customer chooses a fish roll.

Let S be the event a customer chooses a salad.
Let N be the event a customer chooses neither a fish roll nor a salad.

In the Center restaurant P(F) = 0.31, P(S) = 0.62, P(N) = 0.14.

(a) Show that P(F  S) = 0.07.

(3)

(b) Given that a customer chooses a salad, find the probability the customer also chooses a
fish roll.
(3)

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(c) Are F and S independent events? Justify your answer.
(3)

At New restaurant, P(N) = 0.14. Twice as many customers choose a salad as choose a fish roll.
Choosing a fish roll is independent of choosing a salad.

(d) Find the probability that a fish roll is chosen.

(7)
(Total 16 marks)

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