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2.3 Probability

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Question 138

The table below shows the contract type of each of 400 employees and whether the employee completed a training course.

Completed trainingDid not complete trainingTotal
Full-time30130160
Part-time90150240
Total120280400

One employee is selected at random. The event F F\,F is that the employee works full-time, and the event T T\,T is that the employee completed the training.

a.

Find P(F∩T)P(F \cap T)P(F∩T).

[1]
b.

Find P(F∪T)P(F \cup T)P(F∪T).

[2]
c.

Find P[(F∩T)′]P\left[(F \cap T)'\right]P[(F∩T)′].

[1]
d.

Determine whether F F\,F and T T\,T are independent.

[2]
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2.3 Probability Questions

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

200 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Maths 2.3 Probability, covering 2.3.1 Mutually exclusive and independent events, 2.3.2 Diagrams to assist probability calculations, 2.3.3 Conditional probability (A-level only), 2.3.4 Conditional probability from first principles (A-level only), and 2.3.5 Modelling with probability. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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