STATISTICS 1

QUIZ - CH. 2 PERMUTATION, COMBINATION, & PROBABILITY

10 A
Duration : 60 minutes SCORE : /30
Show your working properly.
The use of electronic calculator is allowed.

1 Hannah chooses 5 singers from 15 applicants to appear in a concert. She lists the 5 singers in the
order in which they will perform.

(i) How many different lists can Hannah make? [2]

Of the 15 applicants, 10 are female and 5 are male.

(ii) Find the number of lists in which the first performer is male, the second is female, the third is
male, the fourth is female and the fifth is male. [2]

Hannah’s friend Ami would like the group of 5 performers to include more males than females. The
order in which they perform is no longer relevant.

(iii) Find the number of different selections of 5 performers with more males than females. [3]

(iv) Two of the applicants are Mr and Mrs Blake. Find the number of different selections that include
Mr and Mrs Blake and also fulfil Ami’s requirement. [3]

2 A box contains 3 red balls and 5 blue balls. One ball is taken at random from the box and not replaced.
A yellow ball is then put into the box. A second ball is now take n at random from the box.

(i) Complete the tree diagram to show all the outcomes and the probability for each branch. [2]

First ball Second ball

(ii) Find the probability that the two balls taken are the same colour. [2]

(iii) Find the probability that the first ball taken is red, given that the second ball taken is blue. [3]
3 At the end of a revision course in mathematics, students have to pass a test to gain a certificate. The
probability of any student passing the test at the first attempt is 0.85. Those students who fail are
allowed to retake the test once, and the probability of any student passing the retake test is 0.65.

(i) Draw a fully labelled tree diagram to show all the outcomes. [2]

(ii) Given that a student gains the certificate, find the probability that this student fails the test on the
first attempt. [4]

4 Out of a class of 8 boys and 4 girls, a group of 7 people is chosen at random.

(i) Find the probability that the group of 7 includes one particular boy. [3]

(ii) Find the probability that the group of 7 includes at least 2 girls. [4]