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Date November 2016 Marks available 2 Reference code 16N.1.sl.TZ0.5
Level SL only Paper 1 Time zone TZ0
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Question

Events A and B are independent with P(AB)=0.2 and P(AB)=0.6.

Find P(B).

[2]
a.

Find P(AB).

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b.

Markscheme

valid interpretation (may be seen on a Venn diagram)     (M1)

egP(AB)+P(AB), 0.2+0.6

P(B)=0.8     A1     N2

[2 marks]

a.

valid attempt to find P(A)     (M1)

egP(AB)=P(A)×P(B), 0.8×A=0.2

correct working for P(A)     (A1)

eg0.25, 0.20.8

correct working for P(AB)     (A1)

eg0.25+0.80.2, 0.6+0.2+0.05

P(AB)=0.85     A1     N3

[4 marks]

b.

Examiners report

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Syllabus sections

Topic 5 - Statistics and probability » 5.5
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