AQA S3 2009 June — Question 2

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2009
SessionJune
TopicConditional Probability
TypeDice/random device selects population

2 A hotel chain has hotels in three types of location: city, coastal and country. The percentages of the chain's reservations for each of these locations are 30,55 and 15 respectively. Each of the chain's hotels offers three types of reservation: Bed \& Breakfast, Half Board and Full Board. The percentages of these types of reservation for each of the three types of location are shown in the table.
\multirow{2}{*}{}Type of location
CityCoastalCountry
\multirow{3}{*}{Type of reservation}Bed \Breakfast801030
Half Board156550
Full Board52520
For example, 80 per cent of reservations for hotels in city locations are for Bed \& Breakfast.
  1. For a reservation selected at random:
    1. show that the probability that it is for Bed \& Breakfast is 0.34 ;
    2. calculate the probability that it is for Half Board in a hotel in a coastal location;
    3. calculate the probability that it is for a hotel in a coastal location, given that it is for Half Board.
  2. A random sample of 3 reservations for Half Board is selected. Calculate the probability that these 3 reservations are for hotels in different types of location.