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2.3.2 Conditional probability (A-level only)

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Question 86

Nexus Tech is a software company that employs 180 developers across three departments: Design, Engineering, and Marketing. The developers are also classified by their experience level as either Junior or Senior.

The distribution of the developers is shown in the table below:

Experience LevelDesignEngineeringMarketing
Junior257035
Senior152015
a.

A developer is selected at random. Find the probability that: (i) the developer is a Junior. (ii) the developer works in the Engineering department.

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b.

Given that a randomly chosen developer is Senior, find the probability that this developer does not work in the Design department.

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c.

The HR director wants to select three different developers at random to form a focus group. Calculate the probability that all three chosen developers work in the Engineering department.

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