SPS SPS FM Statistics 2022 February — Question 6

Exam BoardSPS
ModuleSPS FM Statistics (SPS FM Statistics)
Year2022
SessionFebruary
TopicPermutations & Arrangements
TypeArrangements with alternating patterns

6. The 20 members of a club consist of 10 Town members and 10 Country members.
  1. All 20 members are arranged randomly in a straight line. Determine the probability that the Town members and the Country members alternate.
  2. Ten members of the club are chosen at random. Show that the probability that the number of Town members chosen is no more than \(r\), where \(0 \leqslant r \leqslant 10\), is given by
    \(\frac { 1 } { N } \sum _ { i = 0 } ^ { r } \left( { } ^ { 10 } C _ { i } \right) ^ { 2 }\)
    where \(N\) is an integer to be determined.
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