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Two bags, A A\,A and BBB, contain red, green and yellow counters. Bag A A\,A contains 3 red, 2 green and 3 yellow. Bag B B\,B contains 2 red, 5 green and 2 yellow. Taylor picks one counter at random from bag A A\,A and places it into bag BBB. She then picks one counter at random from bag BBB.

a.

Draw a tree diagram to represent this information.

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b.

Find the probability that Taylor picks two counters of the same colour.

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c.

Given that both counters are the same colour, find the probability they are both yellow.

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Conditional Probability Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Maths
  3. /Conditional Probability

368 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Maths Conditional Probability, covering 2.1 Set Notation, 2.2 Conditional Probability, 2.3 Conditional Probabilities in Venn Diagrams, 2.4 Probability Formulae, and 2.5 Tree Diagrams. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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