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A group of 40 students took a test in Economics. The following Venn diagram shows that 19 boys B took the test and that seven students failed the test F

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Describe the 21 students who are members of the set B'.

Important Questions on Probability

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A group of 40 students took a test in Economics. The following Venn diagram shows that 19 boys B took the test and that seven students failed the test F

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Find the probability that a randomly selected student is a boy or someone who failed the test.

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AS and A Level
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The following table gives information about all the animals on a farm.

  Male Female
Goats 5 25
Sheep 3 22

Find the probability that a randomly selected animal is:

male or a goat

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AS and A Level
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The following table gives information about all the animals on a farm.

  Male Female
Goats 5 25
Sheep 3 22

Find the probability that a randomly selected animal is:

a female or a sheep.

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AS and A Level
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The following table gives information about all the animals on a farm.

  Male Female
Goats 5 25
Sheep 3 22

a male or goat and a sheep or female.

Find a different way of describing each of the two types of animal.

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Two ordinary fair dice are rolled and three events are:
X: the sum of the two numbers rolled is 6 .
Y : the difference between the two numbers rolled is zero.
Z : both of the numbers rolled are even.

List the outcomes that are favourable to:

X and Y

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Two ordinary fair dice are rolled and three events are:
X: the sum of the two numbers rolled is 6 .
Y : the difference between the two numbers rolled is zero.
Z : both of the numbers rolled are even.

List the outcomes that are favourable to:

X and Z

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Two ordinary fair dice are rolled and three events are:
X: the sum of the two numbers rolled is 6 .
Y : the difference between the two numbers rolled is zero.
Z : both of the numbers rolled are even.

List the outcomes that are favourable to:

Y and Z

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AS and A Level
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Two ordinary fair dice are rolled and three events are:
X: the sum of the two numbers rolled is 6 .
Y : the difference between the two numbers rolled is zero.
Z : both of the numbers rolled are even.

List the outcomes that are favourable to: X & Y, Y& Z, Z & X

What do your answers tell you about the events X, Y and Z ?