74

1 P(Blue) =
2
5

k
6 + k
=
2
5
5k = 12 + 2k
3k = 12
k = 4
2 P(both students participate in the same game)
= P(TT or BB or HH)
= P(TT) + P(BB) + P(HH)
=

5
14

4
13

6
14

5
13

3
14

2
13

=
4
13
3 Let A Azean
D Dalilah
N Nurul
P(only one of them will qualify)
= P(A D

) + P(A

D N

) + P(A

N)
=

1
3

2
5

4
7

2
3

3
5

4
7

2
3

2
5

3
7

=
8
105
+
8
35
+
4
35
=
44
105
4 K Event that Krishnan is chosen as monitor
S Event that Siva is chosen as monitor
(a) P(K

) =
4
7

3
10
=
6
35
(b) P(K S

) + P(K

S)
=

3
7

3
10

4
7

7
10

=
37
70
5
(a) P(RR) =
4
10


3
9

=
2
15
(b) P(RB) + P(BR)
=

4
10

6
9

+

6
10

4
9

=
8
15
Form 5: Chapter 18 (Probability)
SPM Practice
Fully Worked Solutions
Paper 1
Initially, there are 5 students playing
table tennis out of 14 students.
After 1 student is chosen, it is
left with 4 students playing table
tennis out of 13 students.
B
R
B
R
R
B
4R
6B
4R
5B
3R
6B
10
4
10
6
9
6
9
4
9
3
9
5