Edexcel S1 2014 January — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2014
SessionJanuary
TopicConditional Probability
TypeIncomplete two-way table completion

7. In a large college, \(\frac { 3 } { 5 }\) of the students are male, \(\frac { 3 } { 10 }\) of the students are left handed and \(\frac { 1 } { 5 }\) of the male students are left handed. A student is chosen at random.
  1. Given that the student is left handed, find the probability that the student is male.
  2. Given that the student is female, find the probability that she is left handed.
  3. Find the probability that the randomly chosen student is male and right handed. Two students are chosen at random.
  4. Find the probability that one student is left handed and one is right handed.