CAIE S1 2024 June — Question 3 4 marks

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2024
SessionJune
Marks4
TopicTree Diagrams
TypeTwo-stage sampling with replacement

3 Box \(A\) contains 6 green balls and 3 yellow balls.
Box \(B\) contains 4 green balls and \(x\) yellow balls.
A ball is chosen at random from box \(A\) and placed in box \(B\). A ball is then chosen at random from box \(B\).
  1. Draw a tree diagram to represent this information, showing the probability on each of the branches.
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    The probability that both the balls chosen are the same colour is \(\frac { 8 } { 15 }\).
  2. Find the value of \(x\).