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Date May 2018 Marks available 3 Reference code 18M.1.sl.TZ1.10
Level SL only Paper 1 Time zone TZ1
Command term Complete Question number 10 Adapted from N/A

Question

A group of 60 sports enthusiasts visited the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic games to watch a variety of sporting events.

The most popular sports were snowboarding (S), figure skating (F) and ice hockey (H).

For this group of 60 people:

4 did not watch any of the most popular sports,
x watched all three of the most popular sports,
9 watched snowboarding only,
11 watched figure skating only,
15 watched ice hockey only,
7 watched snowboarding and figure skating,
13 watched figure skating and ice hockey,
11 watched snowboarding and ice hockey.

Complete the Venn diagram using the given information.

[3]
a.

Find the value of x.

[2]
b.

Write down the value of \(n\left( {\left( {F \cup H} \right) \cap S'} \right)\).

[1]
c.

Markscheme

(A1)(A1)(A1)  (C3)

Note: Award (A1) for 4 in correct place.

Award (A1) for 9, 11, 15 in correct place.

Award (A1) for 7 − x, 13 − x, 11 − x in correct place.

Accept 2, 8 and 6 in place of  7 − x, 13 − x, 11 − x.

[3 marks]

a.

\(4 + 9 + 11 + 15 + x + \left( {7 - x} \right) + \left( {11 - x} \right) + \left( {13 - x} \right) = 60\)     (M1)

Note: Award (M1) for equating the sum of at least seven of the entries in their Venn diagram to 60.

\(\left( {x = } \right)\,\,5\)     (A1)(ft) (C2)

Note: Follow through from part (a), but only if answer is positive.

[2 marks]

b.

34     (A1)(ft) (C1)

Note: Follow through from their Venn diagram.

[1 mark]

c.

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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