Combined Events and Conditional ProbabilityAQA GCSE Maths: Subtopic test
10 questions, 26 marks
AQA GCSE Maths
Combined Events and Conditional Probability
Total 26 marks
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- 1A box contains 10 pens: 6 blue and 4 black. Two pens are picked at random, one after another, without replacement.(a)Find the probability that both pens picked are blue.[1 mark]
- A
- B
- C
- D
(b)Find the probability that the first pen picked is blue and the second is black.[1 mark]- A
- B
- C
- D
(c)Find the probability that at least one of the two pens picked is black.[1 mark]- A
- B
- C
- D
Total for question 1: 3 marks
- 2In a survey of 80 people, 50 own a car and 45 own a bicycle. 20 people own both a car and a bicycle.(a)Find the number of people who own neither a car nor a bicycle.[2 marks](b)Find the probability that a randomly selected person owns exactly one of the two (a car or a bicycle, but not both).[2 marks]
Total for question 2: 4 marks
- 3A doctor's surgery finds that 30% of patients who come in have flu. Of those with flu, 80% have a fever. Of those without flu, 10% have a fever.(a)Find the probability that a randomly selected patient has flu and a fever.[3 marks](b)Given that a patient has a fever, find the probability that they have flu, giving your answer to 3 decimal places.[3 marks]
Total for question 3: 6 marks
- 4A factory produces phone screens using two machines, Machine A and Machine B. Machine A produces 60% of the screens and Machine B produces 40%. 5% of screens from Machine A are defective, and 8% of screens from Machine B are defective.(a)Find the probability that a randomly selected screen is defective.[4 marks](b)Given that a randomly selected screen is defective, find the probability that it was produced by Machine B, giving your answer to 3 decimal places.[4 marks](c)The factory inspects two randomly selected screens from the day's output. Find the probability that exactly one of the two screens is defective, giving your answer to 3 decimal places.[5 marks]
Total for question 4: 13 marks
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