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This document contains two mathematics questions. Question 1 asks the examinee to: 1) Find the number of ways to select 3 people from a group of 5 men and 7 women depending on their gender. 2) Calculate the number of ways a committee of 7 can be formed from 8 parents, 5 teachers, and a principal depending on the make-up of the committee. Question 2 asks the examinee to: 1) Calculate the probability of unions and intersections of events. 2) Construct a tree diagram and use it to calculate conditional probabilities related to the probability of rain and flooding on a given day.

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This document contains two mathematics questions. Question 1 asks the examinee to: 1) Find the number of ways to select 3 people from a group of 5 men and 7 women depending on their gender. 2) Calculate the number of ways a committee of 7 can be formed from 8 parents, 5 teachers, and a principal depending on the make-up of the committee. Question 2 asks the examinee to: 1) Calculate the probability of unions and intersections of events. 2) Construct a tree diagram and use it to calculate conditional probabilities related to the probability of rain and flooding on a given day.

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NOVEMBER 2019 PDP 00105 MATHEMATICS 1

Question 1

(a) A group consists of 5 men and 7 women. Find the number of ways 3 persons can be selected
if
i. they can be of any gender,
(2 marks)
ii. 2 must be men and 1 must be women,
(3 marks)
iii. they must all be of the same gender.
(4 marks)

(b) A committee is to be formed consisting of 7 members from8 parents, 5 teachers and the
principal. How many ways can the committee be formed if the committee consists of
i. the principal,
(2 marks)
ii. 4 parents,
(3 marks)
iii. not more than 4 parents?
(5 marks)

(c) A fair dice is rolled once. Find the probability of getting


i. an even number,
(2 marks)
ii. a number greater than 2,
(2 marks)
iii. a number that can be divided by 3,
(2 marks)
iv. a number that cannot be divided by 3,
(2 marks)
v. an even number that is greater than 2,
(2 marks)
vi. an even number or a number greater than 2,
(2 marks)
vii. an even number that can be divided by 3.
(2 marks)

Question 2
(a) Given A, B, C and D are mutually exclusive events. P(A) = P(C) = 0.2 and P(B) = P(D) = 0.1.
If event X = A U B and event Y = C U D, find
i. P(X U Y)
(3 marks)

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ii. P(X ∩ Y).


(1 marks)
Are events X and Y mutually exclusive?
(1 marks)

(b) Given that it will be rain on a certain day is 0.7. If it rains, the probability that there will be flood
is 0.6. If it does not rain, the probability that there will be a flood is 0.1.
i. Construct a tree diagram to represent the above situation.
(4 marks)
ii. Find the probability that there will be no flood given that it rains on a certain day.
(1 marks)
iii. What is the probability that will be flood on a certain day?
(3 marks)
iv. What is the probability that it rains on a certain day given that there was a flood?
(4 marks)
*Note: Rain=R
Not rain = R’
Flood = F
Not flood = F’

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