Edexcel S1 2014 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2014
SessionJune
TopicConditional Probability
TypeGiven conditional, find joint or marginal

  1. \(\quad A\) and \(B\) are two events such that
$$\mathrm { P } ( B ) = \frac { 1 } { 2 } \quad \mathrm { P } ( A \mid B ) = \frac { 2 } { 5 } \quad \mathrm { P } ( A \cup B ) = \frac { 13 } { 20 }$$
  1. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( A \cap B )\).
  2. Draw a Venn diagram to show the events \(A , B\) and all the associated probabilities. Find
  3. \(\mathrm { P } ( A )\)
  4. \(\mathrm { P } ( B \mid A )\)
  5. \(\mathrm { P } \left( A ^ { \prime } \cap B \right)\)