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Exam-Style Question On Probability Worksheet (I Needed To Review This Over However I Ran Out of Time)
Exam-Style Question On Probability Worksheet (I Needed To Review This Over However I Ran Out of Time)
Paper: 1 Marks: 6
Question 1
Alan would like to hire a taxi from a company which has a large number of taxis.
The taxis are randomly assigned by the company.
(a) Find the probability that the taxi hired by Alan is not a red Toyota. [4]
P( it is red) – P(it is not red) – 1
Probability it is not red =o.5
(b) Find the probability that the taxi hired by Alan is red, given that it is a Toyota. [2]
=0.35
Paper: 1 Marks: 10
Question 2
Kognity Airlines is known for its punctuality across the world. The probability, P(D), that one of its
flights departs on time is 0.91, the probability, P(A), that it arrives on time is 0.94, and the probability
that it both departs and arrives on time is 0.87.
(a) Show that events A and D are not independent. [2]
P(A∩B) = P(A) · P(B)
0.87 =0.855 they are not independent
[2]
=0.09
[1]
P(A|B)=P(A∩B)/P(B),
=0.87/0.94
=0.92
Paper: 1 Marks: 6
Question 3
Marcella is standing for class representative. There is a probability of 0.40.4 that she supports a
proposed change to the school dress code. If she supports it, the probability that she will be elected as
class representative is 0.70.7. If she does not support it, the probability that she will be elected
is 0.40.4.
The following tree diagram represents this information:
(a) Write down the probability that Marcella is not elected if she supports the new dress code. [1]
0.6
(b) Find the probability that Marcella supports the new dress code and is elected. [2]
0.7
(c) Given that Marcella is elected, calculate the probability that she supports the new dress code.
[3]
Paper: 2 Marks: 17
Question 4
100 children are asked whether they like to drink water (W), orange juice (J) or lemonade (L). The
results are as follows:
5 children like all three
37 like water and juice
9 like juice and lemonade
23 like water and lemonade
1 likes none of the three choices
2x children like water only
W J
37
6
12
5
9
23
1 6
The number of children who like juice only is equal to the number of children who like lemonade
only, and to half the number of children who like water only.
(b) Complete the Venn diagram, including this information in terms of x. [1]
(i) Find the probability that both children like all three drinks.=?
(ii) Find the probability that at least one of the two children likes all three drinks. +?