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2.3 M: Probability

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Question 6

The table below shows the fuel type of each of 200 cars and whether its CO emission is below 0.3 g/km.

CO below 0.3 g/kmCO at least 0.3 g/kmTotal
Diesel681280
Petrol4278120
Total11090200

One of these 200 cars is selected at random. The event D D\,D is that the car is diesel, and the event L L\,L is that its CO emission is below 0.3 g/km.

a.

Find P(D∩L)P(D \cap L)P(D∩L).

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b.

Find P(D∪L)P(D \cup L)P(D∪L).

[1]
c.

Find P(D′∩L′)P(D' \cap L')P(D′∩L′).

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2.3 M: Probability Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Maths
  3. /2.3 M: Probability

198 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Maths 2.3 M: Probability, covering 2.3.1 Mutually exclusive and independent events, 2.3.2 Conditional probability (A-level only), 2.3.3 Modelling with probability (A-level only), and 2.3 M: Probability. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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