Date | May 2014 | Marks available | 6 | Reference code | 14M.1.hl.TZ2.11 |
Level | HL only | Paper | 1 | Time zone | TZ2 |
Command term | Draw and Find | Question number | 11 | Adapted from | N/A |
Question
Mobile phone batteries are produced by two machines. Machine A produces 60% of the daily output and machine B produces 40%. It is found by testing that on average 2% of batteries produced by machine A are faulty and 1% of batteries produced by machine B are faulty.
(i) Draw a tree diagram clearly showing the respective probabilities.
(ii) A battery is selected at random. Find the probability that it is faulty.
(iii) A battery is selected at random and found to be faulty. Find the probability that it was produced by machine A.
In a pack of seven transistors, three are found to be defective. Three transistors are selected from the pack at random without replacement. The discrete random variable X represents the number of defective transistors selected.
(i) Find .
(ii) Copy and complete the following table:
(iii) Determine .
Markscheme
(i) A1A1
Note: Award A1 for a correctly labelled tree diagram and A1 for correct probabilities.
(ii) (M1)
A1
(iii)
M1
A1
[6 marks]
(i) METHOD 1
(M1)
A1
METHOD 2
(M1)
A1
(ii) A2
Note: Award A1 if or is obtained.
(iii)
M1
A1
[6 marks]