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A-LevelMathematicsProbability and statisticsFeb/Mar 2018Paper 6 Q36 Marks

Last Saturday, Sarah recorded the colour and type of 160 cars in a car park. All the cars that were not red or silver in colour were grouped together as ‘other'. Her results are shown in the following table. Type of car Saloon Hatchback Estate Red 20 40 12 Colour of car Silver 14 26 10 Other 6 24 8

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About This A-Level Mathematics Question

This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Mathematics (9709) Feb/Mar 2018 examination, Paper 6 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Probability and statistics and is worth 6 marks.

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