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Date November 2019 Marks available 1 Reference code 19N.1.SL.TZ0.S_2
Level Standard Level Paper Paper 1 (without calculator) Time zone Time zone 0
Command term Write down Question number S_2 Adapted from N/A

Question

In a class of 30 students, 18 are fluent in Spanish, 10 are fluent in French, and 5 are not fluent in either of these languages. The following Venn diagram shows the events “fluent in Spanish” and “fluent in French”.

The values m , n , p and q represent numbers of students.

Write down the value of q .

[1]
a.

Find the value of n .

[2]
b.

Write down the value of m and of p .

[3]
c.

Markscheme

q = 5            A1  N1

[1 mark]

a.

valid approach       (M1)

eg    ( 18 + 10 + 5 ) 30 ,   28 25 ,   18 + 10 n = 25

n = 3           A1  N2

[2 marks]

b.

valid approach for finding m or p (may be seen in part (b))      (M1)

eg    18 3 3 + p = 10

m = 15 p = 7          A1A1  N3

[3 marks]

c.

Examiners report

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Syllabus sections

Topic 4—Statistics and probability » SL 4.6—Combined, mutually exclusive, conditional, independence, prob diagrams
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