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Nov 2015 p62 q3
2550

One plastic robot is given away free inside each packet of a certain brand of biscuits. There are four colours of plastic robot (red, yellow, blue and green) and each colour is equally likely to occur. Nick buys some packets of these biscuits. Find the probability that

  1. he gets a green robot on opening his first packet,
  2. he gets his first green robot on opening his fifth packet.

Nick’s friend Amos is also collecting robots.

  1. Find the probability that the first four packets Amos opens all contain different coloured robots.
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June 2015 p62 q5
2551

A box contains 5 discs, numbered 1, 2, 4, 6, 7. William takes 3 discs at random, without replacement, and notes the numbers on the discs.

Find the probability that the numbers on the 3 discs are two even numbers and one odd number.

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Nov 2014 p62 q4
2552

Sharik attempts a multiple choice revision question on-line. There are 3 suggested answers, one of which is correct. When Sharik chooses an answer the computer indicates whether the answer is right or wrong. Sharik first chooses one of the three suggested answers at random. If this answer is wrong, he has a second try, choosing an answer at random from the remaining 2. If this answer is also wrong, Sharik then chooses the remaining answer, which must be correct.

Draw a fully labelled tree diagram to illustrate the various choices that Sharik can make until the computer indicates that he has answered the question correctly.

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June 2014 p62 q3
2553

Roger and Andy play a tennis match in which the first person to win two sets wins the match. The probability that Roger wins the first set is 0.6. For sets after the first, the probability that Roger wins the set is 0.7 if he won the previous set, and is 0.25 if he lost the previous set. No set is drawn.

(i) Find the probability that there is a winner of the match after exactly two sets.

(ii) Find the probability that Andy wins the match given that there is a winner of the match after exactly two sets.

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June 2014 p61 q5
2554

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.

Find the probability that Nur chooses a play-house.

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