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A counter is going to be taken at random from the bag.
The table shows the probabilities of taking a red counter or a blue counter.

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8. At the start of year n, the number of animals in a population is Pn

At the start of the following year, the number of animals in the population is Pn + 1 where

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At the start of 2017 the number of animals in the population was 4000
At the start of 2019 the number of animals in the population was 3610
Find the value of the constant k.

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(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)

20 Pat throws a fair coin n times.

Find an expression, in terms of n, for the probability that Pat gets at least 1 head and at
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