OCR MEI S1 2014 June — Question 2

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2014
SessionJune
TopicTree Diagrams
TypeRepeated trials until stopping condition

2 Candidates applying for jobs in a large company take an aptitude test, as a result of which they are either accepted, rejected or retested, with probabilities \(0.2,0.5\) and 0.3 respectively. When a candidate is retested for the first time, the three possible outcomes and their probabilities remain the same as for the original test. When a candidate is retested for the second time there are just two possible outcomes, accepted or rejected, with probabilities 0.4 and 0.6 respectively.
  1. Draw a probability tree diagram to illustrate the outcomes.
  2. Find the probability that a randomly selected candidate is accepted.
  3. Find the probability that a randomly selected candidate is retested at least once, given that this candidate is accepted.