Grade 12 Standard Level Probability Review Questions.

2. Two ordinary, 6-sided dice are rolled and the total score is noted.
(a) Complete the tree diagram by entering probabilities and listing outcomes.


(b) Find the probability oI getting one or more sixes.
(Total 4 marks)
4. A bag contains 10 red balls, 10 green balls and 6 white balls. Two balls are drawn at random Irom
the bag without replacement. What is the probability that they are oI diIIerent colours?
(Total 4 marks)
5. The Iollowing Venn diagram shows the universal set U and the sets A and B.

(a) Shade the area in the diagram which represents the set B Y A.
n(U) 100, n(A) 30, n(B) 50, n(A B) 65.
(b) Find n(B Y A).
(c) An element is selected at random Irom U. What is the probability that this element is
in B Y A ?
(Total 4 marks)

10. A class contains 13 girls and 11 boys. The teacher randomly selects Iour students. Determine the
probability that all Iour students selected are girls.
(Total 6 marks)

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13. Events and are independent, with P() and P( Y ) . Calculate
(a) P();
(b) P( ).
(Total 6 marks)








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Some Harder Probability Qs....
. A Iamily oI Iunctions is given by
1 (x) x
2
3x k, where k Z 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}.
One oI these Iunctions is chosen at random. Calculate the probability that the curve oI this
Iunction crosses the x-axis.
(Total 6 marks)

11. The events A and B are independent such that P(B) 3P(A) and P(AB) 0.68. Find P(B)

(Total 6 marks)
12. Let A and B be independent events such that P(A) 0.3 and P(B) 0.8.
(a) Find P(A Y B).
(b) Find P(A B).
(c) Are A and B mutually exclusive? JustiIy your answer.
(Total 6 marks)
9.

1. Given that events A and B are independent with P(A Y B) 0.3 and P(A Y B@) 0.3,
Iind P(A B).
(Total 3 marks)
2. The independent events A, B are such that P(A) 0.4 and P(A B) 0.88. Find
(a) P(B);
(b) the probability that either A occurs or B occurs, but not both.
(Total 6 marks)
3. The events A and B are such that P(A) 0.5, P(B) 0.3, P(A B) 0.6.
(a) (i) Find the value oI P(A Y B).
(ii) Hence show that A and B are not independent.
(Total 3 marks)