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Question 7

The Venn diagram shows the probabilities associated with three events, AAA, B B\,B and CCC. A rectangle contains overlapping circles A and B, a smaller circle C inside B, and the probabilities 0.18, 0.12, 0.04, 0.24, and 0.42 in the indicated regions.

a.

Write down the two events that are mutually exclusive.

[1]
b.

Given that p=0.24p=0.24p=0.24 and q=0.42q=0.42q=0.42, verify that A A\,A and B B\,B are independent.

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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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