Mathematics SKE, Strand D UNIT D3 Extending Probability: Text Answers

Text D3 Extending Probability Answers

D3.1 Multiplication for Independent Events

1. NI - not independent I - independent (a) NI (b) I (c) I

(d) NI (e) NI (f) NI

5 3 25 9 15 15
2. (a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi)
8 8 64 64 64 64
9 15 17
(b) (i) (ii) (iii)
64 32 32
7 3 9 49 21
3. (a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
10 10 100 100 100
21 49 21 29
(vi) (b) (i) (ii) (iii)
100 100 50 50
1 1
4. (a) (b)
4 6
5. (a) 0.06 (b) No
6. (a) 0.72 (b) 0.02 (c) 0.08
7. (a) 0.1 (b) 0.4 (c) 0.4 (d) 0.1
8. (a) 0.42 (b) 0.16
1 36 12 1
9. (a) (b) (c) (d)
49 49 49 343
171 283
10. (a) No (b) (c)
250 1000
11. (a) 0.003 (b) 0.833
1 8
12. (a) (b)
25 25
13. (a) 0.58 (b) 0.44
14. 0.04
1 1 13
15. (a) (i) (ii) (b)
6 36 36

D3.2 Mutually Exclusive Events

1. B; C
2. (a) Yes (b) No (c) No (d) Yes (e) No
3. 0.3
1
4.
6
3
5. (a) (b) 12 (c) 14
7

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D3.2
7
6. (a) (b) Not mutually exclusive
20
2 11 3 3
7. (a) (b) (c) (d)
3 15 5 5
5 11 7
8. (a) (b) (c)
8 20 40
9. (a) 0.1 (b) 0.7
2 2 11
10. Pink : Yellow : Black :
3 7 35
13 22 12
11. (a) (b) (c) No (d) No (e) Yes :
25 25 25
12. (a) 0.2 (b) 0.7 (c) 20
13. (a) 0.7 (b) 0.7 (c) 0.6 (d) not mutually exclusive
14. (a) (i) 0.25 (ii) 0.75 (b) (i) 0.4 (ii) not mutually exclusive

D3.3 Tree Diagrams and Conditional Probability

1 3 4
1. (a) (b) (c)
7 7 7
1 13 19 1 188 32
2. (a) (i) (ii) (iii) (b) (i) (ii) (iii)
17 34 34 221 221 221
43
3.
91
4. (a) 0.24 (b) 0.09

5. (a) (i) 0.16 (ii) 0.06 (iii) 0.78 (b) 0.01

1 1 3
6. (a) (b) (c)
12 4 4
11 7 1 25 8
7. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
46 69 46 69 69
585 801 34
8. (a) (b) (c)
812 4060 203
9. 0.52
1 1 1 47
10. (a) (b) (c) ;
4 2 2 108
11. (b) 0.15
12. (b) 0.42 (c) 0.4998

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D3.3
7 3 7
13. (a) (b) (c)
75 76 15
14. (b) 0.384 (c) 0.388
7 126
15. (a) (c) PP , CPP , PCP (d) ≈ 0.764
11 165

D3.4 Using Venn Diagrams to Find Probabilities

7 4 9
1. (i) (a) (b) (c) 1 (d)
20 20 20
4 6 7
(ii) (a) (b) (c) 1 (d)
17 17 17
1 9 7
(iii) (a) 0 (b) (c) (d)
5 10 10
1 2 3 9
(iv) (a) (b) (c) (d)
8 5 4 40
1 7 6
2. (a) (b) (c)
26 13 13
3. (a) 0.4 (b) 0 (c) 0.4
5 1 1 1
4. (a) (b) (c) (d)
6 6 3 6
2 1 1
5. (a) (b) (c)
5 6 2
3 29 21
6. (i) (a) (b) (c)
40 40 40
1 3 1
(d) (e) (f)
8 5 4
1 47 7
(ii) (a) (b) (c)
12 60 12
7 13 11
(d) (e) (f)
60 20 30
4 31
(iii) (a) 0 (b) (c)
5 50
7 16 11
(d) (e) (f)
50 25 50
9 23
(iv) (a) 0 (b) (c)
10 30
1 2 13
(d) (e) (f)
5 3 30
7. 0.558

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