CAIE S1 2024 November — Question 5

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2024
SessionNovember
TopicGeometric Distribution
TypeFirst success before/after trial n

5 A factory produces chocolates. 30\% of the chocolates are wrapped in gold foil, 25\% are wrapped in red foil and the remainder are unwrapped. Indigo chooses 8 chocolates at random from the production line.
  1. Find the probability that she obtains no more than 2 chocolates that are wrapped in red foil.
    Jake chooses chocolates one at a time at random from the production line.
  2. Find the probability that the first time he obtains a chocolate that is wrapped in red foil is before the 7th choice.
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    \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{915661eb-2544-4293-af72-608fedb43d70-09_2717_29_105_22} Keifa chooses chocolates one at a time at random from the production line.
  3. Find the probability that the second chocolate chosen is the first one wrapped in gold foil given that the fifth chocolate chosen is the first unwrapped chocolate.