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2. A factory buys 10% of its components from supplier A, 30% from supplier B and the rest
from supplier C. It is known that 6% of the components it buys are faulty.

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Of the components bought from supplier A, 9% are faulty and of the components bought
from supplier B, 3% are faulty.
(a) Find the percentage of components bought from supplier C that are faulty.
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A component is selected at random.
(b) Explain why the event “the component was bought from supplier B ” is not
statistically independent from the event “the component is faulty”.
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3. A biased spinner can only land on one of the numbers 1, 2, 3 or 4. The random variable X
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represents the number that the spinner lands on after a single spin and P(X = r) = P(X = r + 2)
for r = 1, 2

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Given that P(X = 2) = 0.35
(a) find the complete probability distribution of X.
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Ambroh spins the spinner 60 times.
(b) Find the probability that more than half of the spins land on the number 4
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(c) Find P(Y – X 4)
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2.4. The Venn diagram shows three events, A, B and C, and their associated probabilities.

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A B
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Events B and C are mutually exclusive.

Events A and C are independent.
Showing your working, find the value of x, the value of y and the value of z.

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3.5. A fair 5-sided spinner has sides numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

The spinner is spun once and the score of the side it lands on is recorded.

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(a) Write down the name of the distribution that can be used to model the score of the
side it lands on.
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The spinner is spun 28 times.
The random variable X represents the number of times the spinner lands on 2
(b) (i) Find the probability that the spinner lands on 2 at least 7 times.
(ii) Find P(4 X 8)
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A B
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The Venn diagram, where p is a probability, shows the 3 events A, B and C with their
associated probabilities.
(a) Find the value of p.
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(b) Write down a pair of mutually exclusive events from A, B and C.
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9. Two bags, A and B, each contain balls which are either red or yellow or green.
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Bag A contains 4 red, 3 yellow and n green balls.
Bag B contains 5 red, 3 yellow and 1 green ball.
A ball is selected at random from bag A and placed into bag B.
A ball is then selected at random from bag B and placed into bag A.
The probability that bag A now contains an equal number of red, yellow and green balls
is p.
Given that p > 0, find the possible values of n and p.
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SECTION A: STATISTICS

Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.

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1. Helen believes that the random variable C, representing cloud cover from the large data
set, can be modelled by a discrete uniform distribution.
(a) Write down the probability distribution for C.
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Helen used all the data from the large data set for Hurn in 2015 and found that the
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(c) Comment on the suitability of Helen’s model in the light of this information.
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4. The discrete random variable D has the following probability distribution

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10 20 30 40 50

where k is a constant.
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Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
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A single observation of D is made.

* The value obtained, d, is the common difference of an arithmetic sequence.

The first 4 terms of this arithmetic sequence are the angles, measured in degrees,
of quadrilateral Q
(c) Find the exact probability that the smallest angle of Q is more than 50°
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6. The discrete random variable X has the following probability distribution

x a b c
P(X = x) log36 a log36 b log36 c

where
• a, b and c are distinct integers (a < b < c)
• all the probabilities are greater than zero
(a) Find
(i) the value of a
(ii) the value of b
(iii) the value of c
Show your working clearly.
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The independent random variables X1 and X2 each have the same distribution as X
(b) Find P( X1 = X2 )
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In a university 8% of students are members of the university dance club.
A random sample of 36 students is taken from the university.
The random variable X represents the number of these students who are members of the dance club.
(b) Using a suitable model for X, find
(i) P(X = 4)
(ii) P(X  7)
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Only 40% of the university dance club members can dance the tango.
(c) Find the probability that a student is a member of the university dance club and can
dance the tango.
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A random sample of 50 students is taken from the university.
(d) Find the probability that fewer than 3 of these students are members of the
university dance club and can dance the tango.
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