CAIE S1 2020 June — Question 2

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2020
SessionJune
TopicIndependent Events
TypeIndependence in contingency tables

2 A total of 500 students were asked which one of four colleges they attended and whether they preferred soccer or hockey. The numbers of students in each category are shown in the following table.
\cline { 2 - 4 } \multicolumn{1}{c|}{}SoccerHockeyTotal
Amos543286
Benn8472156
Canton225678
Devar12060180
Total280220500
  1. Find the probability that a randomly chosen student is at Canton college and prefers hockey.
  2. Find the probability that a randomly chosen student is at Devar college given that he prefers soccer.
  3. One of the students is chosen at random. Determine whether the events 'the student prefers hockey' and 'the student is at Amos college or Benn college' are independent, justifying your answer.