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June 2018 p61 q6
2602

Vehicles approaching a certain road junction from town A can either turn left, turn right or go straight on. Over time it has been noted that of the vehicles approaching this particular junction from town A, 55% turn left, 15% turn right and 30% go straight on. The direction a vehicle takes at the junction is independent of the direction any other vehicle takes at the junction.

Three vehicles approach the junction from town A. Given that all three drivers choose the same direction at the junction, find the probability that they all go straight on.

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Nov 2017 p63 q3
2603

At the end of a revision course in mathematics, students have to pass a test to gain a certificate. The probability of any student passing the test at the first attempt is 0.85. Those students who fail are allowed to retake the test once, and the probability of any student passing the retake test is 0.65.

  1. Draw a fully labelled tree diagram to show all the outcomes.
  2. Given that a student gains the certificate, find the probability that this student fails the test on the first attempt.
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June 2023 p53 q5
2604

Jasmine throws two ordinary fair 6-sided dice at the same time and notes the numbers on the uppermost faces. The events A and B are defined as follows.

A: The sum of the two numbers is less than 6.

B: The difference between the two numbers is at most 2.

Find \(P(B \,|\, A')\).

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Nov 2017 p61 q5
2605

Over a period of time Julian finds that on long-distance flights he flies economy class on 82% of flights. On the rest of the flights he flies first class. When he flies economy class, the probability that he gets a good night's sleep is \(x\). When he flies first class, the probability that he gets a good night's sleep is 0.9.

(i) Draw a fully labelled tree diagram to illustrate this situation.

The probability that Julian gets a good night's sleep on a randomly chosen flight is 0.285.

(ii) Find the value of \(x\).

(iii) Given that on a particular flight Julian does not get a good night's sleep, find the probability that he is flying economy class.

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June 2017 p63 q3
2606

A shop sells two makes of coffee, Café Premium and Café Standard. Both coffees come in two sizes, large jars and small jars. Of the jars on sale, 65% are Café Premium and 35% are Café Standard. Of the Café Premium, 40% of the jars are large and of the Café Standard, 25% of the jars are large. A jar is chosen at random.

  1. Find the probability that the jar is small.
  2. Find the probability that the jar is Café Standard given that it is large.
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