9709 P52 - Mar 2022 - Q6
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A factory produces chocolates in three flavours: lemon, orange, and strawberry in the ratio 3:5:7 respectively. Nell checks the chocolates on the production line by choosing chocolates randomly one at a time.
- (a) Find the probability that the first chocolate with lemon flavour that Nell chooses is the 7th chocolate that she checks.
- (b) Find the probability that the first chocolate with lemon flavour that Nell chooses is after she has checked at least 6 chocolates.
‘Surprise’ boxes of chocolates each contain 15 chocolates: 3 are lemon, 5 are orange, and 7 are strawberry. Petra has a box of Surprise chocolates. She chooses 3 chocolates at random from the box. She eats each chocolate before choosing the next one.
- (c) Find the probability that none of Petra’s 3 chocolates has orange flavour.
- (d) Find the probability that each of Petra’s 3 chocolates has a different flavour.
- (e) Find the probability that at least 2 of Petra’s 3 chocolates have strawberry flavour given that none of them has orange flavour.
