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The histogram shown represents the times taken, in minutes, for 115 men to complete a task. Two men are selected at random from the group. Find the probability that the:

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first man took less than 1 minute, given that he took less than 3 minutes

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The histogram shown represents the times taken, in minutes, for 115 men to complete a task. Two men are selected at random from the group. Find the probability that the:

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second man took less than 6 minutes, given that the first man took less than 1 minute.

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At an insurance company, 60% of the staff are male (M) and 70% work full-time (FT). The following Venn diagram shows this and one other piece of information.

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What information is given by the value 0.10 in the Venn diagram?

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At an insurance company, 60% of the staff are male (M) and 70% work full-time (FT). The following Venn diagram shows this and one other piece of information.

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Find the value of a, b and c.

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At an insurance company, 60% of the staff are male (M) and 70% work full-time (FT). The following Venn diagram shows this and one other piece of information.

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An employee is randomly selected. Find:

P(MFT)

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At an insurance company, 60% of the staff are male (M) and 70% work full-time (FT). The following Venn diagram shows this and one other piece of information.

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An employee is randomly selected. Find:

PFTM'

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At an insurance company, 60% of the staff are male (M) and 70% work full-time (FT). The following Venn diagram shows this and one other piece of information.

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An employee is randomly selected. Find:

P[(MFT)(MFT)].

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Two fair triangular spinners, both with sides marked 1, 2 and 3, are spun. Given that the sum of the two numbers spun is even, find the probability that the two numbers are the same.
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Two ordinary fair dice are rolled and the two numbers rolled are added together to give the score. Given that a player's score is greater than 6 , find the probability that it is not greater than 8