Edexcel S1 2018 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2018
SessionJune
TopicConditional Probability
TypeSampling without replacement from bags/boxes

4.A bag contains 64 coloured beads.There are \(r\) red beads,\(y\) yellow beads and 1 green bead and \(r + y + 1 = 64\) Two beads are selected at random,one at a time without replacement.
(a)Find the probability that the green bead is one of the beads selected. The probability that both of the beads are red is \(\frac { 5 } { 84 }\)
(b)Show that \(r\) satisfies the equation \(r ^ { 2 } - r - 240 = 0\)
(c)Hence show that the only possible value of \(r\) is 16
(d)Given that at least one of the beads is red,find the probability that they are both red.