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Question 6

A group of 100 people produced the following information relating to three attributes. The attributes were wearing glasses, being left-handed and having dark hair.

Glasses were worn by 36 people, 28 were left-handed and 36 had dark hair. There were 17 who wore glasses and were left-handed, 19 who wore glasses and had dark hair and 15 who were left-handed and had dark hair. Only 10 people wore glasses, were left-handed and had dark hair.

a.

Represent these data on a Venn diagram.

[6]
b.

Find the probability that this person wore glasses but was not left-handed and did not have dark hair.

[1]
c.

Find the probability that this person did not wear glasses, was not left-handed and did not have dark hair.

[1]
d.

Find the probability that this person had only two of the attributes.

[2]
e.

Find the probability that this person wore glasses, given they were left-handed and had dark hair.

[3]
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  1. A Level
  2. /Old Maths
  3. /Probability

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