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9709 P53 - Nov 2023 - Q3 - 7 marks
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Tim has two bags of marbles, A and B. Bag A contains 8 white, 4 red and 3 yellow marbles. Bag B contains 6 white, 7 red and 2 yellow marbles. Tim also has an ordinary fair six-sided dice. He rolls the dice. If he obtains a 1 or 2, he chooses two marbles at random from bag A, without replacement. If he obtains a 3, 4, 5 or 6, he chooses two marbles at random from bag B, without replacement.

(a) Find the probability that both marbles are white. [3]

(b) Find the probability that the two marbles come from bag B given that one is white and one is red. [4]

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