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A Level Working With Probability Exercise 1 Solution

The document provides solutions to various probability exercises from Cambridge International's Probability & Statistics 1 course. It covers calculations for probabilities of specific events, including outcomes from spinners, and probabilities related to dog ownership demographics. Additionally, it includes computations for passing and failing tests in science and geography.

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A Level Working With Probability Exercise 1 Solution

The document provides solutions to various probability exercises from Cambridge International's Probability & Statistics 1 course. It covers calculations for probabilities of specific events, including outcomes from spinners, and probabilities related to dog ownership demographics. Additionally, it includes computations for passing and failing tests in science and geography.

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Cambridge International

Probability & Statistics 1: Probability


Section 1: Working with probability
Exercise level 1 solutions
1
1. (a) P(5) =
8
4 1
(b) P(5 or more) = P(5, 6, 7 or 8) = =
8 2
1 1
(c) P(less than 5) = 1 – P(5 or more) = 1 − =
2 2
4 1
(d) P(multiple of 2) = P(2, 4, 6 or 8) = =
8 2

4 1
2. (a) (i) P(T ) = P(3,6,9,12) = =
12 3
6 1
(ii) P(E ) = P(2, 4,6,8,10,12) = =
12 2
2 1
(iii) P(T  E ) = P(6,12) = =
12 6
8 2
(iv) P(T  E ) = P(2,3, 4,6,8,9,10,12) = =
12 3

(b) P(neither multiple of 3 or even number) = 1 − P(T  E )


2 1
= 1− =
3 3

(c) (i) If T and E are mutually exclusive, P(T  E ) = 0 , so they are not mutually
exclusive
(ii) If T and E are independent, P(T  E ) = P(T )  P(E ) .
1 1 1
P(T )  P(E ) =  = = P(T  E )
3 2 6
So they are independent events.

Cambridge Int S1: Probability 1 © MEI 29/07/24


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3.

Spinner 1

1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Spinner 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
6 7 8 8 9 11 12

5
(a) P(total =6) =
36
6 1
(b) P(total = 7) = =
36 6
5
(c) P(total = 3 or 4) =
36
18 1
(d) P(total score is even) = =
36 2

4.
Dog owner Not a dog owner Total
Child 28 32 60
Adult 67 33 100
Total 95 65 160

28 7
(a) P(A child who owns a dog) = =
160 40
33
(b) P(An adult who does not own a dog) =
160
95 19
(c) P(A person who owns a dog) = =
160 32

Cambridge Int S1: Probability 1 © MEI 29/07/24


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5.
Science Geography

0.7 Pass

Pass
0.6
0.3 Fail

0.7 Pass
0.4
Fail

0.3 Fail

(a) P(The student will pass both tests) = 0.6  0.7 = 0.42

(b) P(The student will fail both tests) = 0.4  0.3 = 0.12

(c) P(The student will pass one test and fail one test) = P(PF ) + P(FP )
= 0.6  0.3 + 0.4  0.7
= 0.46

Cambridge Int S1: Probability 1 © MEI 29/07/24


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