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9709 P63 - Jun 2016 - Q1
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In a group of 30 adults, 25 are right-handed and 8 wear spectacles. The number who are right-handed and do not wear spectacles is 19.

(i) Copy and complete the following table to show the number of adults in each category.

Wears spectaclesDoes not wear spectaclesTotal
Right-handed
Not right-handed
Total30

An adult is chosen at random from the group. Event X is ‘the adult chosen is right-handed’; event Y is ‘the adult chosen wears spectacles’.

(ii) Determine whether X and Y are independent events, justifying your answer.

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