Alternating pattern probability

Questions asking for the probability of an alternating arrangement pattern between two types of items.

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OCR Further Statistics AS 2021 November Q7
8 marks Challenging +1.2
7 The 20 members of a club consist of 10 Town members and 10 Country members.
  1. All 20 members are arranged randomly in a straight line. Determine the probability that the Town members and the Country members alternate.
  2. Ten members of the club are chosen at random. Show that the probability that the number of Town members chosen is no more than \(r\), where \(0 \leqslant r \leqslant 10\), is given by \(\frac { 1 } { \mathrm {~N} } \sum _ { \mathrm { i } = 0 } ^ { \mathrm { r } } \left( { } ^ { 10 } \mathrm { C } _ { \mathrm { i } } \right) ^ { 2 }\) where \(N\) is an integer to be determined.
OCR Further Statistics AS Specimen Q4
6 marks Challenging +1.2
  1. Four men and four women stand in a random order in a straight line. Determine the probability that no one is standing next to a person of the same gender. [3]
  2. \(x\) men, including Mr Adam, and \(x\) women, including Mrs Adam, are arranged at random in a straight line. Show that the probability that Mr Adam is standing next to Mrs Adam is \(\frac{1}{x}\). [3]
OCR FS1 AS 2017 Specimen Q4
6 marks Standard +0.8
  1. Four men and four women stand in a random order in a straight line. Determine the probability that no one is standing next to a person of the same gender. [3]
  2. \(x\) men, including Mr Adam, and \(x\) women, including Mrs Adam, are arranged at random in a straight line. Show that the probability that Mr Adam is standing next to Mrs Adam is \(\frac{1}{x}\). [3]