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Cambridge IGCSE Statistics practice

Paper 1 structured question: Probability

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Paper 1Statistical Techniques2 marks

A bag contains 5 red balls and 3 blue balls. One ball is drawn at random. Let A be the event 'the ball is red' and B be the event 'the ball is drawn from the bag'.

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Ball Drawing

A bag contains 5 red balls and 3 blue balls. One ball is drawn at random.

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    Calculate the probability that the ball is red given that a ball has been drawn from the bag.

    Aim for approximately 2 distinct marking points.

    [2]

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Sports Participation

12 students play football, 8 play basketball, and 5 play both.

  1. a

    Calculate the probability that a student plays football given that the student plays basketball.

    Aim for approximately 3 distinct marking points.

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