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Date May 2017 Marks available 3 Reference code 17M.1.sl.TZ1.7
Level SL only Paper 1 Time zone TZ1
Command term Complete Question number 7 Adapted from N/A

Question

Sara regularly flies from Geneva to London. She takes either a direct flight or a non-directflight that goes via Amsterdam.

If she takes a direct flight, the probability that her baggage does not arrive in London is 0.01.
If she takes a non-direct flight the probability that her baggage arrives in London is 0.95.

The probability that she takes a non-direct flight is 0.2.

M17/5/MATSD/SP1/ENG/TZ1/07

Complete the tree diagram.

[3]
a.

Find the probability that Sara’s baggage arrives in London.

[3]
b.

Markscheme

M17/5/MATSD/SP1/ENG/TZ1/07.a/M     (A1)(A1)(A1)     (C3)

 

 

Note:     Award (A1) for each correct pair of probabilities.

 

[3 marks]

a.

\(0.8 \times 0.99 + 0.2 \times 0.95\)     (A1)(ft)(M1)

 

Note:     Award (A1)(ft) for two correct products of probabilities taken from their diagram, (M1) for the addition of their products.

 

\( = 0.982{\text{ }}\left( {98.2\% ,{\text{ }}\frac{{491}}{{500}}} \right)\)     (A1)(ft)     (C3)

 

Note:     Follow through from part (a).

 

[3 marks]

b.

Examiners report

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Syllabus sections

Topic 3 - Logic, sets and probability » 3.7 » Use of tree diagrams, Venn diagrams, sample space diagrams and tables of outcomes.
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