CAIE S1 2013 June — Question 7

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2013
SessionJune
TopicTree Diagrams
TypeTwo-stage sampling with replacement

7 Box \(A\) contains 8 white balls and 2 yellow balls. Box \(B\) contains 5 white 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 \(B\). The tree diagram below shows the possibilities for the colours of the balls chosen. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure}
  1. Justify the probability \(\frac { x } { x + 6 }\) on the tree diagram.
  2. Copy and complete the tree diagram.
  3. If the ball chosen from box \(A\) is white then the probability that the ball chosen from box \(B\) is also white is \(\frac { 1 } { 3 }\). Show that the value of \(x\) is 12 .
  4. Given that the ball chosen from box \(B\) is yellow, find the conditional probability that the ball chosen from box \(A\) was yellow.