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June 2008 p6 q2
2642

In country A, 30% of people who drink tea have sugar in it. In country B, 65% of people who drink tea have sugar in it. There are 3 million people in country A who drink tea and 12 million people in country B who drink tea. A person is chosen at random from these 15 million people.

  1. Find the probability that the person chosen is from country A.
  2. Find the probability that the person chosen does not have sugar in their tea.
  3. Given that the person chosen does not have sugar in their tea, find the probability that the person is from country B.
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Nov 2007 p6 q7
2643

Box A contains 5 red paper clips and 1 white paper clip. Box B contains 7 red paper clips and 2 white paper clips. One paper clip is taken at random from box A and transferred to box B. One paper clip is then taken at random from box B.

  1. Find the probability of taking both a white paper clip from box A and a red paper clip from box B.
  2. Find the probability that the paper clip taken from box B is red.
  3. Find the probability that the paper clip taken from box A was red, given that the paper clip from box B is red.
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June 2007 p6 q2
2644

Jamie is equally likely to attend or not to attend a training session before a football match. If he attends, he is certain to be chosen for the team which plays in the match. If he does not attend, there is a probability of 0.6 that he is chosen for the team.

(i) Find the probability that Jamie is chosen for the team.

(ii) Find the conditional probability that Jamie attended the training session, given that he was chosen for the team.

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Nov 2004 p6 q3
2645

When Andrea needs a taxi, she rings one of three taxi companies, A, B or C. 50% of her calls are to taxi company A, 30% to B and 20% to C. A taxi from company A arrives late 4% of the time, a taxi from company B arrives late 6% of the time and a taxi from company C arrives late 17% of the time.

  1. Find the probability that, when Andrea rings for a taxi, it arrives late.
  2. Given that Andrea’s taxi arrives late, find the conditional probability that she rang company B.
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June 2004 p6 q6
2646

When Don plays tennis, 65% of his first serves go into the correct area of the court. If the first serve goes into the correct area, his chance of winning the point is 90%. If his first serve does not go into the correct area, Don is allowed a second serve, and of these, 80% go into the correct area. If the second serve goes into the correct area, his chance of winning the point is 60%. If neither serve goes into the correct area, Don loses the point.

  1. Draw a tree diagram to represent this information.
  2. Using your tree diagram, find the probability that Don loses the point.
  3. Find the conditional probability that Don’s first serve went into the correct area, given that he loses the point.
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