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A-LevelMathematicsProbability and statistics9709/62 · May/June 2019 · Q511 Marks

Maryam has 7 sweets in a tin; 6 are toffees and 1 is a chocolate. She chooses one sweet at random and takes it out. Her friend adds 3 chocolates to the tin. Then Maryam takes another sweet at random out of the tin.

  1. (i)Draw a fully labelled tree diagram to illustrate this situation.[3]
  2. (ii)Draw up the probability distribution table for the number of toffees taken.[3]
  3. (iii)Find the mean number of toffees taken.[1]
  4. (iv)Find the probability that the first sweet taken is a chocolate, given that the second sweet taken is a toffee.[4]

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Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2019). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [B1] First pair of branches labels and probs correct (6/7 and 1/7 or rounding to 0.857 and 0.143) (for part (i))
  2. [B1] Either of second top pair or bottom of branches labels and probs correct (for part (i))
  3. [B1] Both second pairs of branches labels and probs correct. No additional / further branches. (for part (i))
  4. [B1] P(1) correct (for part (ii))
  5. [B1] P(0) or P(2) correct (for part (ii))
  6. [B1 FT] Correct values in table, any additional values of T have stated probability of zero. For FT Σp = 1, (for part (ii))
  7. [B1] Not FT (for part (iii))
  8. [B1] P(C∩T) attempt seen as numerator of a fraction, consistent with their tree diagram or correct (for part (iv))
  9. [M1] Summing 2 appropriate two-factor probabilities, consistent with their tree diagram or correct seen anywhere (for part (iv))
  10. [A1] 36/63 oe or correct unsimplifed expression seen as numerator or denominator of a fraction (for part (iv))
  11. [A1] Final answer (for part (iv))

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Topic
Probability and statistics, A-Level Mathematics (syllabus 9709). Structured question, 11 marks.
Source
A-Level Mathematics, May/June 2019 Paper 6 Variant 2, question 5.

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