AQA S1 2006 June — Question 6

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2006
SessionJune
TopicProbability Definitions
TypeTwo-way table probabilities

6 A housing estate consists of 320 houses: 120 detached and 200 semi-detached. The numbers of children living in these houses are shown in the table.
\multirow{2}{*}{}Number of children
NoneOneTwoAt least threeTotal
Detached house24324123120
Semi-detached house40378835200
Total646912958320
A house on the estate is selected at random.
\(D\) denotes the event 'the house is detached'.
\(R\) denotes the event 'no children live in the house'.
\(S\) denotes the event 'one child lives in the house'.
\(T\) denotes the event 'two children live in the house'.
( \(D ^ { \prime }\) denotes the event 'not \(D\) '.)
  1. Find:
    1. \(\mathrm { P } ( D )\);
    2. \(\quad \mathrm { P } ( D \cap R )\);
    3. \(\quad \mathrm { P } ( D \cup T )\);
    4. \(\mathrm { P } ( D \mid R )\);
    5. \(\mathrm { P } \left( R \mid D ^ { \prime } \right)\).
    1. Name two of the events \(D , R , S\) and \(T\) that are mutually exclusive.
    2. Determine whether the events \(D\) and \(R\) are independent. Justify your answer.
  2. Define, in the context of this question, the event:
    1. \(D ^ { \prime } \cup T\);
    2. \(D \cap ( R \cup S )\).