Edexcel S1 2024 January — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2024
SessionJanuary
TopicTree Diagrams
TypeTwo independent categorical choices

  1. In a sixth form college each student in Year 12 and Year 13 is either left-handed (L) or right-handed (R).
The partially completed tree diagram, where \(p\) is a probability, gives information about these students.
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  1. Complete the tree diagram, in terms of \(p\) where necessary. The probability that a student is left-handed is 0.11
  2. Find the value of \(p\)
  3. Find the probability that a student selected at random is in Year 12 and left-handed. Given that a student is right-handed,
  4. find the probability that the student is in Year 12