Edexcel S1 2023 October — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2023
SessionOctober
TopicTree Diagrams
TypeMulti-stage with stopping condition

  1. Sally plays a game in which she can either win or lose.
A turn consists of up to 3 games. On each turn Sally plays the game up to 3 times. If she wins the first 2 games or loses the first 2 games, then she will not play the 3rd game.
  • The probability that Sally wins the first game in a turn is 0.7
  • If Sally wins a game the probability that she wins the next game is 0.6
  • If Sally loses a game the probability that she wins the next game is 0.2
    1. Use this information to complete the tree diagram on page 3
    2. Find the probability that Sally wins the first 2 games in a turn.
    3. Find the probability that Sally wins exactly 2 games in a turn.
Given that Sally wins 2 games in a turn,
  • find the probability that she won the first 2 games. Given that Sally won the first game in a turn,
  • find the probability that she won 2 games. 1st game 2nd game win