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A-LevelMathematicsProbability and statisticsFeb/Mar 2021Paper 5 Q711 Marks

There are 400 students at a school in a certain country. Each student was asked whether they preferred swimming, cycling or running and the results are given in the following table. | | Swimming | Cycling | Running | |-----------|----------|---------|---------| | Female | 104 | 50 | 66 | | Male | 31 | 57 | 92 | A student is chosen at random. On average at all the schools in this country 30% of the students do not like any sports.

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About This A-Level Mathematics Question

This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Mathematics (9709) Feb/Mar 2021 examination, Paper 5 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Probability and statistics and is worth 11 marks.

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