Edexcel S1 2015 June — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2015
SessionJune
TopicConditional Probability
TypeBasic two-way table probability

  1. A company employs 90 administrators. The length of time that they have been employed by the company and their gender are summarised in the table below.
Length of time employed, \(x\) yearsFemaleMale
\(x < 4\)916
\(4 \leqslant x < 10\)1420
\(10 \leqslant x\)724
One of the 90 administrators is selected at random.
  1. Find the probability that the administrator is female.
  2. Given that the administrator has been employed by the company for less than 4 years, find the probability that this administrator is male.
  3. Given that the administrator has been employed by the company for less than 10 years, find the probability that this administrator is male.
  4. State, with a reason, whether or not the event 'selecting a male' is independent of the event 'selecting an administrator who has been employed by the company for less than 4 years'.