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2.3 Probability

2.3 Probability

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A company uses three machines, AAA, B B\,B and CCC, to produce a component.

Machine A A\,A produces 40% of the components, machine B B\,B produces 35% and machine C C\,C produces 25%.

Of the components produced by machine AAA, 3% are faulty. Of those produced by machine BBB, 2% are faulty. Of those produced by machine CCC, 1% are faulty.

a.

A component is selected at random. Find the probability that it is faulty.

[2]
b.

Given that the selected component is faulty, find the probability that it was produced by machine CCC.

[3]
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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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