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Date November 2020 Marks available 3 Reference code 20N.2.AHL.TZ0.H_7
Level Additional Higher Level Paper Paper 2 Time zone Time zone 0
Command term Determine Question number H_7 Adapted from N/A

Question

At a gathering of 12 teachers, seven are male and five are female. A group of five of these teachers go out for a meal together. Determine the possible number of groups in each of the following situations:

There are more males than females in the group.

[4]
a.

Two of the teachers, Gary and Gerwyn, refuse to go out for a meal together.

[3]
b.

Markscheme

* This question is from an exam for a previous syllabus, and may contain minor differences in marking or structure.

identifying two or three possible cases        (M1)

total number of possible groups is 75+7451+7352        (A1)(A1)


Note: Award A1 for any two correct cases, A1 for the other one.


=21+35×5+35×10

=546       A1


[4 marks]

a.

METHOD 1

identifying at least two of the three possible cases- Gary goes, Gerwyn goes or neither goes        (M1)

total number of possible groups is 105+104+104        (A1)

=252+210+210

=672       A1

 

METHOD 2

identifying the overall number of groups and no. of cases where both Gary and Gerwyn go.        (M1)

total number of possible groups is 125-103        (A1)

=792-120

=672       A1


[3 marks]

b.

Examiners report

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a.
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Syllabus sections

Topic 1—Number and algebra » SL 1.9—Binomial theorem where n is an integer
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