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4.11 Formal conditional probability and independenceIB Maths: Analysis and Approaches SL: Subtopic test

10 questions, 27 marks

IB Maths: Analysis and Approaches SL

4.11 Formal conditional probability and independence

Total 27 marks

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  1. 1
    Events AA and BB are such that P(A)=0.4P(A)=0.4, P(B)=0.5P(B)=0.5 and P(A∩B)=0.12P(A\cap B)=0.12.
    (a)
    Find P(A∣B)P(A\mid B).
    [1 mark]
    • A0.30.3
    • B0.240.24
    • C0.20.2
    • D0.780.78
    (b)
    Find P(A∣B′)P(A\mid B').
    [1 mark]
    • A0.280.28
    • B0.60.6
    • C0.560.56
    • D0.440.44
    (c)
    Determine whether AA and BB are independent. Justify your answer.
    [2 marks]

    Total for question 1: 4 marks

  2. 2
    In a large school, 60% of students study Spanish. 18% of all students study both Spanish and music, and 12% of all students study music but not Spanish. A student is chosen at random. Let SS be the event that the student studies Spanish and MM the event that the student studies music.
    (a)
    Find the probability that the student studies music, given that the student studies Spanish.
    [1 mark]
    • A0.180.18
    • B0.60.6
    • C0.1080.108
    • D0.30.3
    (b)
    Find P(M∣S′)P(M\mid S').
    [1 mark]
    • A0.30.3
    • B0.120.12
    • C0.20.2
    • D0.70.7
    (c)
    Show that the events SS and MM are independent.
    [2 marks]

    Total for question 2: 4 marks

  3. 3
    On any working day, the probability that it rains in the morning is 0.35. If it rains in the morning, the probability that Kofi is late for work is 0.6. If it does not rain in the morning, the probability that Kofi is late for work is 0.2. Let RR be the event that it rains in the morning and LL the event that Kofi is late.
    (a)
    Find P(L)P(L).
    [3 marks]
    (b)
    On a particular day Kofi is late for work. Find the probability that it rained that morning, and hence explain whether the events RR and LL are independent.
    [4 marks]

    Total for question 3: 7 marks

  4. 4
    In a survey of 200 students, 80 play tennis and 120 travel to school by bus. Let TT be the event that a randomly chosen student plays tennis and BB the event that the student travels to school by bus. Let nn be the number of students who both play tennis and travel to school by bus.
    (a)
    (i) Show that P(T∪B)=200−n200P(T\cup B)=\frac{200-n}{200}.
    (ii) Find the value of
    nn for which TT and BB would be independent, and the value of P(T∪B)P(T\cup B) in this case.
    (iii) Write down the value of
    nn for which TT and BB would be mutually exclusive, and explain why TT and BB could not then be independent.
    [6 marks]
    (b)
    In fact n=40n=40.
    (i) Find
    P(T∣B)P(T\mid B) and P(T∣B′)P(T\mid B').
    (ii) Hence state, with a reason, whether
    TT and BB are independent, and interpret your answer in context.
    (iii) Find the probability that a student who does not play tennis travels to school by bus.
    [6 marks]

    Total for question 4: 12 marks

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