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Question 26

In a pack there are only strawberry, lemon, mint and orange sweets. A sweet is taken at random from the pack. The table shows the probabilities that the sweet will be strawberry or will be orange.

FlavorStrawberryLemonMintOrange
Probability0.180.22

The probability that the sweet will be lemon is five times the probability that the sweet will be mint. There are 55 orange sweets in the pack.

Work out the number of lemon sweets in the pack.

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Probability Questions

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Practise Eduqas GCSE Maths Probability with exam-style questions for Foundation and Higher tier. 212 questions, matched to the Eduqas GCSE Maths (C300QS) specification and written in Component 1 and Component 2 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.

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