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Paper 1 – Probability with Two-Way Tables
Example
There are 25 students in a classroom, and each student plays only one sport. The table
below gives their sport and gender.
Basketball Football Badminton
Male 6 7 2
Female 5 3 2
(a)
One student is selected at random.
(i)
Calculate the probability that the student is a female or is a basketball
player.
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(b)
(ii) Given that the student selected is male, calculate the probability that the
student does not play football.
[4]
Two students are selected at random. Calculate the probability that neither student
plays badminton.
[3]
Solution
(a) (i) The required probability
6 � 5 � 3�
2
� (A1) for correct formula
25
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� A1 N2
25
(ii)
The required probability
6�
2
� (A1) for correct formula
6 � 7 � 2
8
� A1 N2
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[4]
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