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Date May 2018 Marks available 1 Reference code 18M.1.sl.TZ2.7
Level SL only Paper 1 Time zone TZ2
Command term State Question number 7 Adapted from N/A

Question

In an international competition, participants can answer questions in only one of the three following languages: Portuguese, Mandarin or Hindi. 80 participants took part in the competition. The number of participants answering in Portuguese, Mandarin or Hindi is shown in the table.

A boy is chosen at random.

State the number of boys who answered questions in Portuguese.

[1]
a.

Find the probability that the boy answered questions in Hindi.

[2]
b.

Two girls are selected at random.

Calculate the probability that one girl answered questions in Mandarin and the other answered questions in Hindi.

[3]
c.

Markscheme

20     (A1) (C1)

[1 mark]

a.

543(0.11627,11.6279)     (A1)(A1) (C2)

Note: Award (A1) for correct numerator, (A1) for correct denominator.

[2 marks]

b.

737×1236+1237×736     (A1)(M1)

Note: Award (A1) for first or second correct product seen, (M1) for adding their two products or for multiplying their product by two.

=14111(0.12612,12.6126)     (A1) (C3)

[3 marks]

c.

Examiners report

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Syllabus sections

Topic 3 - Logic, sets and probability » 3.7 » Probability of combined events, mutually exclusive events, independent events.
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