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A number between 10 and 100 inclusive is selected at random. Find the probability that the number is a multiple of 5, given that none of its digits is a 5 .

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Important Questions on Probability

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Three of Mr Jumbillo's seven children, who include one set of twins, are selected at random.

Calculate the probability that exactly one of the twins is selected.

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Three of Mr Jumbillo's seven children, who include one set of twins, are selected at random.

Given that exactly three of the children are girls, find the probability that the selection of three children contains more girls than boys.

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Anya calls Zara once each evening before she goes to bed. She calls Zara's mobile phone with probability 0.8 or her landline. The probability that Zara answers her mobile phone is 0.74, and the probability that she answers her landline is y. This information is displayed in the tree diagram shown.

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Given that Zara answers 68% of Anya's calls, find the value of y.

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Anya calls Zara once each evening before she goes to bed. She calls Zara's mobile phone with probability 0.8 or her landline. The probability that Zara answers her mobile phone is 0.74, and the probability that she answers her landline is y. This information is displayed in the tree diagram shown.

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Given that Anya's call is not answered, find the probability that it is made to Zara's landline.

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Every Friday, Arif of fers to take his sons to the beach or to the park. The sons refuse an offer to the beach with probability 0.65 and accept an offer to the park with probability 0.85. The probability that Arif offers to take them to the beach is x. This information is shown in the tree diagram.

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Find the value of x, given that 33% of Arif's offers are refused.

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Every Friday, Arif offers to take his sons to the beach or to the park. The sons refuse an offer to the beach with probability 0.65 and accept an offer to the park with probability 0.85. The probability that Arif offers to take them to the beach is x. This information is shown in the tree diagram.

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Given that Arif's offer is accepted, probability that he offers to take his sons to the park is 0.85-0.85x0.85-mx. Find m.

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Two children are selected from a group in which there are 10 more boys than girls. Given that there are 756 equiprobable ordered selections that can occur, find the probability that two boys or two girls are selected.    [correct up to three decimal places]
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There is a 43% chance that Riya meets her friend Jasmine when she travels to work. Given that Riya walks to work and does not meet Jasmine 30% of the time, and that she travels to work by a different method and meets Jasmine 25% of the time, find the probability that Riya walks to work on any particular day.