BATCH – MAY 2021

S1 REVISION WORKSHEET NOVEMBER 2020

Chapter 2, 3, 4, 5

1. A bag contains three red beads and five blue beads. A bead is chosen at random from the bag, the colour is
recorded and the bead is replaced. A second bead is chosen and the colour recorded.
a. Find the probability that both beads are blue. [0.391]
b. Find the probability that the second bead is blue. [0.625]
c. Given that the first bead is blue find the probability that the second bead is red. [0.375]
d. Given that the second bead is red, find the probability that the first is also red. [0.375]

2. The table gives the distances travelled to school, in km, of the population of children in a particular region of the
Unitedkindom.
Distance, km 0–1 1-2 2–3 3-5 5 - 10 10 and over
Number 2565 1784 1170 756 630 135
A histogram of this data was drawn with distance along the horizontal axis. A bar of horizontal width 1.5 cm and
height 5.7 cm represented the 0 - 1 km group.
Find the widths and heights, in cm to one decimal place, of the bars representing the following groups:
a. 2 - 3, [height = 2.6] b. 5 - 10. [height = 0.28]
3. The blood pressures, p mmHg, and the ages, t years, of 7 hospital patients are shown in the table below.
Patient A B C D E F G
t 42 74 48 35 56 26 60
P 98 130 120 88 182 80 135
2 2
[ ∑t = 341, ∑p = 833, ∑t = 18 181, ∑p = 106 397, ∑tp = 42 948 ]

a. Find 𝑆𝑆𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 , 𝑆𝑆𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 and 𝑆𝑆𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 for these data. [𝑆𝑆𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 = 7270, 𝑆𝑆𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 = 1569.4, 𝑆𝑆𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 = 2369]
b. Calculate the product moment correlation coefficient for these data. [0.709]
c. Interpret the correlation coefficient.

4. In a study on health, a clinic measured the age, (a years), and the diastolic blood pressure, (d in mm of mercury),
of eight patients. The table shows the results.
a (years) 20 35 50 25 60 45 25 70
d (mm) 55 60 80 85 75 85 70 85
𝑎𝑎 d
a. Using the coding 𝑥𝑥 = 5 and y = 5 − 11 calculate 𝑆𝑆𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥 , 𝑆𝑆𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑆𝑆𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥.
b. Using your answers to a work the product moment correlation coefficient for x and y.
c. Write down the product moment correlation coefficient between a and d.
d. Interpret your answer to c.
e. Find an equation of the regression line for y on x
f. Find the equation of the regression line for d on a
g. What is the blood pressure of a patient if 𝑥𝑥 = 1
h. A person measured his blood pressure at the age of 60. What would be the increase in the blood pressure after
5 years and comment on the reliability of the answer
5. The members of a wine tasting club are married couples. For any married couple in the club, the probability that
the husband is retired is 0.7 and the probability that the wife is retired 0.4. Given that the wife is retired, the
probability that the husband is retired is 0.8.
For a randomly chosen married couple who are members of the club, find the probability that
a. both of them are retired,
b. only one of them is retired,
c. neither of them is retired.
Two married couples are chosen at random.
d. Find the probability that one of the two husbands and only one of the two wives is retired.
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6. The labeling on bags of garden compost indicates that the bags weigh 20 kg.
The weights of a random sample of 50 bags are summarised in the table opposite.
𝑾𝑾𝑾𝑾𝑾𝑾𝑾𝑾𝑾𝑾𝑾𝑾 𝒊𝒊𝒊𝒊 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌 𝑭𝑭𝑭𝑭𝑭𝑭𝑭𝑭𝑭𝑭𝑭𝑭𝑭𝑭𝑭𝑭𝑭𝑭
14.6 − 14.8 1
14.8 − 18.0 0
18.0 − 18.5 5
18.5 − 20.0 6
20.0 − 20.2 22
20.2 − 20.4 15
20.4 − 21.0 1

a. On graph paper, draw a histogram of these data.

b. Estimate the mean and standard deviation of the weight of a bag ofcompost.
�You may use � 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 = 988.85, � 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 2 = 19602.84�
c. Using linear interpolation, estimate the median
3( mean−median)
One coefficient of skewness is given by standard deviation
.
d. Evaluate this coefficient for the above data.
e. Comment on the skewness of the distribution of the weights of bags of compost.

7. The number of bags of potato crisps sold per day in a bar was recorded over a two- week period. The results are
shown below.
20 15 10 30 33 40 5 11 13 20 25 42 31 17
a. Calculation the mean of these data.
b. Draw a stem and leaf diagram to represent these data.
c. Find the median and the quartiles of these data.
An outlier is an observation that falls either 1.5 × (interquartile range) above the upper quartile or
1.5 × (interquartile range)below the lower quartile.
d. Determine whether or not any items of data are outliers.
e. On graph paper draw a box plot to represent these data. Show your scale clearly.
f. Comment on the skewness of the distribution of bags of crisps sold per day. Justify your answer.

8. The events M and N are such that 𝑃𝑃(𝑀𝑀) = 𝑃𝑃 (𝑁𝑁) = 2𝑃𝑃 (𝑀𝑀 ∩ 𝑁𝑁). Given that 𝑃𝑃 (𝑀𝑀 ∪ 𝑁𝑁) = 0.6, find:
a. 𝑃𝑃(𝑀𝑀 ∩ 𝑁𝑁) [0.2] b.𝑃𝑃(𝑀𝑀) [0.4]
c. 𝑃𝑃(𝑀𝑀′ ∩ 𝑁𝑁′) [0.4] d.𝑃𝑃(𝑀𝑀 ∩ 𝑁𝑁′) [0.2]

9. A market researcher asked 100 adults which of the three newspapers A,B,C they read. The result are showed that
30 read A, 26 read B, 21 read C, 5 read both A and B, 7read both B and C, 6 read both C and A and 2 read all
three.
a. Draw a Venn diagram to represent these data. One of the adults is then selected at random. Find the
probability that she reads
𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
b. at least one of the newspapers, [ 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 ] c. only A, [ 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 ]
𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
d. only one of the newspapers, [ 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 ] e. A given that she reads only one newspaper. [𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 ]

10. A teacher calculates that if a student regularly completes their homework the probability that they will
pass the examination is 0.8 and that if the student does not do the homework the probability of passing is
only 0.4. Given that only 75% of the students do their homework regularly, calculate the probability that
a randomly selected student:
a. does not do the homework regularly and passes the examination. [0.1]
b. passes the examination. [0.7]
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11. A bag contains 6 red and 4 blue beads. A bead is picked out and retained and then a second bead is peaked out.
Find the probability that
𝟏𝟏
a. both bead are red [ 𝟑𝟑 ]
𝟖𝟖
b. the beads are of different colors [ 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 ]
𝟔𝟔
c)the second ball is red given that the first one is blue. [ 𝟗𝟗 ]

12. Given that P(A) = 0.7, P(B) = 0.4 and P(A ∪ B) = 0.8, find the following:
𝟑𝟑 𝟑𝟑 𝟐𝟐
𝐚𝐚. P (A ∩ B) [𝟎𝟎. 𝟑𝟑] b. P (A|B) [ 𝟒𝟒 ] c. P (B|A) [ 𝟕𝟕 ] d) P(A|B′) [ 𝟑𝟑 ]

13. A veterinary surgery has 750 registered pet owners. Of these, 450 are female, 320 of the pet owners own a cat and
250 own a budgie. Of the remaining pet owners, 25 are males who own another type of pet. No one owns more
than one type of pet. 175 female owners have a cat. One owner is chosen at random
𝐹𝐹 is the event that an owner is female
𝐵𝐵 is the event that an owner has a budgie
𝐶𝐶 is the event that an owner has a cat
6 13 29 31
Find: a) 𝑃𝑃(𝐵𝐵′ ∩ 𝐶𝐶 ′ ) [25] b) 𝑃𝑃 (𝐵𝐵|𝐹𝐹 ′ ) [30] c) 𝑃𝑃(𝐹𝐹 ′ |𝐶𝐶 ) [64] d) 𝑃𝑃�(𝐵𝐵′ ∩ 𝐶𝐶′)�𝐹𝐹� [90 ]

14. A policeman records the speed of the traffic on a busy road with a 30 mph speed limit. He records the speeds of a
sample of 220 cars. The histogram in the diagram represents the results.

6
5
3
1 1

a) Calculate the number of cars that were exceeding the speed limit by at least 5 mph in the sample. [10]
b) Estimate the value of the mean speed of the cars in the sample.
c) Estimate, to 1 decimal place, the value of the median speed of the cars in the sample.
d) Comment on the shape of the distribution. Give a reason for your answer.
e) State, with a reason, whether the estimate of the mean or the median is a better representation of the average
speed of the traffic on the road.
15. The daily mean pressure, 𝑝𝑝 ℎ𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃, in Dhaka during August is recorded.
𝑝𝑝
The data are coded using 𝑐𝑐 = 2 − 500 and the following summary statistics were obtained:
𝑛𝑛 = 30 𝑐𝑐̅ = 10.15 𝑆𝑆𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 = 296.4
Find the mean and standard deviation of the daily mean pressure. [𝜇𝜇 = 1020, 𝜎𝜎 = 6.28]
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 Required Formulae ( These formulae will not be given in the test):

Σ𝑥𝑥 2 Σ𝑥𝑥
1. Variance( σ2 ) = 𝑛𝑛
−µ2 whereµ = for Type 1
𝑛𝑛
Note: For Type 3, xis
Σ𝑓𝑓𝑥𝑥 2
= Σ𝑓𝑓
−µ2 Σ𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 the midpoint of the class
whereµ = for Type 2 & 3
Σ𝑓𝑓
2. Standard Deviation ( σ ) = √𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉

3. An outlier is any value which is,

• greater than ( upper quartile + 1.5 × interquartile range )
and / or
• less than the ( lower quartile − 1.5 ×interquartlie range )

(Σ𝒙𝒙)𝟐𝟐 (Σ𝒚𝒚)𝟐𝟐 Σ𝒙𝒙Σ𝒚𝒚 𝑺𝑺𝒙𝒙𝒙𝒙

4. Sxx= Σ𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 − 𝒏𝒏
Syy= Σ𝒚𝒚𝟐𝟐 − 𝒏𝒏
Sxy= Σ𝒙𝒙𝒙𝒙 − 𝒏𝒏
𝒓𝒓 =
�𝑺𝑺𝒙𝒙𝒙𝒙 𝑺𝑺𝒚𝒚𝒚𝒚

5. a. Regression equation of y on x : b. Regression equation of x on y :

y = a +bx , x = a + by ,
𝑺𝑺𝒙𝒙𝒙𝒙 𝑺𝑺𝒙𝒙𝒙𝒙
where, b = &a = 𝒚𝒚
� − 𝒃𝒃𝒙𝒙
� where, b = &a = 𝒙𝒙
� − 𝒃𝒃𝒚𝒚
�
𝑺𝑺𝒙𝒙𝒙𝒙 𝑺𝑺𝒚𝒚𝒚𝒚

where,
c. Regression equation of h ons :
Σ𝒚𝒚 Σ𝒙𝒙
y = a +bx , �=
𝒚𝒚 &𝒙𝒙
�=
𝒏𝒏 𝒏𝒏
𝑺𝑺𝒉𝒉𝒉𝒉
where, b = � − 𝒃𝒃𝒔𝒔�
&a = 𝒉𝒉 � = Σ𝒉𝒉&𝒔𝒔� = Σ𝒔𝒔
𝑺𝑺𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔 𝒉𝒉 𝒏𝒏 𝒏𝒏

 Venn Diagram Related Problem (Notation based) :

Relations :
1. P(A∪B) = Probability of event A or B or both.

P(A) + P(B) - P (A∩B)

2. We can use these shortcuts (we don’t need to shade Venn Diagram).
a)P(A′∪B′) = 1 - P(A∩B)
b)P(A′∪B) = 1 - P(A∩B′)
c)P(A∪B′) = 1 - P(A′∩B)
3.P(A′) = P(not A ) = 1 - P(A) or P(B′) = P( not B ) = 1 - P(B)