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June 2015 p61 q4
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A survey is undertaken to investigate how many photos people take on a one-week holiday and also how many times they view past photos. For a randomly chosen person, the probability of taking fewer than 100 photos is \(x\). The probability that these people view past photos at least 3 times is 0.76. For those who take at least 100 photos, the probability that they view past photos fewer than 3 times is 0.90. This information is shown in the tree diagram. The probability that a randomly chosen person views past photos fewer than 3 times is 0.801.

(i) Find \(x\).

(ii) Given that a person views past photos at least 3 times, find the probability that this person takes at least 100 photos.

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Nov 2015 p63 q2
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In country X, 25% of people have fair hair. In country Y, 60% of people have fair hair. There are 20 million people in country X and 8 million people in country Y. A person is chosen at random from these 28 million people.

  1. Find the probability that the person chosen is from country X.
  2. Find the probability that the person chosen has fair hair.
  3. Find the probability that the person chosen is from country X, given that the person has fair hair.
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Nov 2014 p61 q3
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Jodie tosses a biased coin and throws two fair tetrahedral dice. The probability that the coin shows a head is \(\frac{1}{3}\). Each of the dice has four faces, numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4. Jodie’s score is calculated from the numbers on the faces that the dice land on, as follows:

  • if the coin shows a head, the two numbers from the dice are added together;
  • if the coin shows a tail, the two numbers from the dice are multiplied together.

Find the probability that the coin shows a head given that Jodie’s score is 8.

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June 2014 p63 q6
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Tom and Ben play a game repeatedly. The probability that Tom wins any game is 0.3. Each game is won by either Tom or Ben. Tom and Ben stop playing when one of them (to be called the champion) has won two games.

  1. Find the probability that Ben becomes the champion after playing exactly 2 games. [1]
  2. Find the probability that Ben becomes the champion. [3]
  3. Given that Tom becomes the champion, find the probability that he won the 2nd game. [4]
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June 2014 p61 q5
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Playground equipment consists of swings (S), roundabouts (R), climbing frames (C) and play-houses (P). The numbers of pieces of equipment in each of 3 playgrounds are as follows.

Playground XPlayground YPlayground Z
3S, 2R, 4P6S, 3R, 1C, 2P8S, 3R, 4C, 1P

Each day Nur takes her child to one of the playgrounds. The probability that she chooses playground X is \(\frac{1}{4}\). The probability that she chooses playground Y is \(\frac{1}{4}\). The probability that she chooses playground Z is \(\frac{1}{2}\). When she arrives at the playground, she chooses one piece of equipment at random.

Given that Nur chooses a climbing frame, find the probability that she chose playground Y. [4]

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