1. In a group of 16 students, 12 take art and 8 take music. One student takes neither art nor music.

The Venn diagram below shows the events art and music. The values p, q, r and s represent
numbers of students.

(a) (i) Write down the value of s.

(ii) Find the value of q.

(iii) Write down the value of p and of r.

(5)

(b) (i) A student is selected at random. Given that the student takes music, write down the
probability the student takes art.

(ii) Hence, show that taking music and taking art are not independent events.
(4)

(c) Two students are selected at random, one after the other. Find the probability that the first
student takes only music and the second student takes only art.
(4)
(Total 13 marks)

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2. The Venn diagram below shows events A and B where P(A) = 0.3, P( A  B) = 0.6 and
P(A ∩ B) = 0.1. The values m, n, p and q are probabilities.

(a) (i) Write down the value of n.

(ii) Find the value of m, of p, and of q.

(4)

(b) Find P(B′).

(2)
(Total 6 marks)

3. Consider the events A and B, where P(A) = 0.5, P(B) = 0.7 and P(A ∩ B) = 0.3.

The Venn diagram below shows the events A and B, and the probabilities p, q and r.

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 (a) Write down the value of

(i) p;

(ii) q;

(iii) r.
(3)

(b) Find the value of P(A | B′).

(2)

(c) Hence, or otherwise, show that the events A and B are not independent.
(1)
(Total 6 marks)

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4. José travels to school on a bus. On any day, the probability that José will miss the bus is .
3
7
If he misses his bus, the probability that he will be late for school is .
8
3
If he does not miss his bus, the probability that he will be late is .
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Let E be the event “he misses his bus” and F the event “he is late for school”.
The information above is shown on the following tree diagram.

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 (a) Find

(i) P(E ∩ F);

(ii) P(F).
(4)

(b) Find the probability that

(i) José misses his bus and is not late for school;

(ii) José missed his bus, given that he is late for school.
(5)

The cost for each day that José catches the bus is 3 euros. José goes to school on Monday and
Tuesday.

(c) Copy and complete the probability distribution table.

X (cost in euros) 0 3 6
1
P (X)
9
(3)

(d) Find the expected cost for José for both days.
(2)
(Total 14 marks)

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5. The diagram below shows the probabilities for events A and B, with P(A′) = p.

(a) Write down the value of p.

(1)

(b) Find P(B).

(3)

(c) Find P(A′ | B).

(3)
(Total 7 marks)

6. The letters of the word PROBABILITY are written on 11 cards as shown below.

Two cards are drawn at random without replacement.

Let A be the event the first card drawn is the letter A.
Let B be the event the second card drawn is the letter B.

(a) Find P(A).

(1)

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 (b) Find P(B│A).
(2)

(c) Find P(A ∩ B).

(3)
(Total 6 marks)

7. Let A and B be independent events, where P(A) = 0.6 and P(B) = x.

(a) Write down an expression for P(A ∩ B).

(1)

(b) Given that P(A  B) = 0.8,

(i) find x;

(ii) find P(A ∩ B).

(4)

(c) Hence, explain why A and B are not mutually exclusive.

(1)
(Total 6 marks)

8. Two standard six-sided dice are tossed. A diagram representing the sample space is shown
below.

Score on second die

1 2 3 4 5 6
1 • • • • • •
2 • • • • • •
Score on first die 3 • • • • • •
4 • • • • • •
5 • • • • • •
6 • • • • • •

Let X be the sum of the scores on the two dice.

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 (a) Find

(i) P(X = 6);

(ii) P(X > 6);

(iii) P(X = 7 | X > 5).

(6)

(b) Elena plays a game where she tosses two dice.

If the sum is 6, she wins 3 points.

If the sum is greater than 6, she wins 1 point.
If the sum is less than 6, she loses k points.

Find the value of k for which Elena’s expected number of points is zero.
(7)
(Total 13 marks)

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9. Consider the events A and B, where P(A) = , P(B′) = and P(A  B) = .
5 4 8

(a) Write down P(B).

(b) Find P(A  B).

(c) Find P(A  B).

(Total 6 marks)

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10. The Venn diagram below shows information about 120 students in a school. Of these, 40 study
Chinese (C), 35 study Japanese (J), and 30 study Spanish (S).

A student is chosen at random from the group. Find the probability that the student

(a) studies exactly two of these languages;

(1)

(b) studies only Japanese;

(2)

(c) does not study any of these languages.

(3)
(Total 6 marks)

11. A painter has 12 tins of paint. Seven tins are red and five tins are yellow. Two tins are chosen at
random. Calculate the probability that both tins are the same colour.
Working:

Answer:

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(Total 6 marks)

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