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Question 12

A bag contains 11 purple counters, 4 orange counters and 9 white counters. Two counters are removed from the bag at random.

a.

Find the probability that the two counters removed are both orange.

[2]
b.

Find the probability that the two counters removed are different colours.

[2]
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Probability Questions

  1. AS Level
  2. /Maths
  3. /Probability

34 exam-style questions on Edexcel AS Level Maths Probability, covering 5.1 Calculating Probabilities, 5.2 Venn Diagrams, 5.3 Mutually Exclusive and Independent Events, and 5.4 Tree Diagrams. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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