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2.3 Probability

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Question 40

Two sacks, P P\,P and QQQ, contain gold, silver, and bronze discs. Sack P P\,P contains 5 gold discs, 2 silver discs, and 1 bronze disc. Sack Q Q\,Q contains 3 gold discs, 4 silver discs, and 5 bronze discs. Alex picks one disc at random from Sack P P\,P and places it into Sack QQQ. Alex then picks one disc at random from Sack QQQ.

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Draw a tree diagram to represent this information.

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b.

Find the probability that Alex picks two discs of the same colour.

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c.

Given that both discs are the same colour, find the probability they are both gold.

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2.3 Probability Questions

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

200 exam-style questions on OCR (MEI) A Level Maths 2.3 Probability, covering 2.3.1 Calculate the probability of an event, 2.3.2 Complementary events, 2.3.3 Expected frequency of an event, 2.3.4 Diagrams to calculate probabilities, 2.3.5 Mutually exclusive and independent events, 2.3.6 Add probabilities for mutually exclusive events, 2.3.7 Multiply probabilities for independent events, 2.3.8 Mutually exclusive and independent events (notation) (A-level only), 2.3.9 Venn diagrams for probabilities (A-level only), 2.3.10 Conditional probabilities (A-level only), and 2.3.11 Independence via conditional probability (A-level only). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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