Three-Set Venn Diagram Probability Calculation

A question is this type if and only if it provides a completed or partially completed three-set Venn diagram and asks for specific probabilities such as 'at most one', 'exactly two', or 'at least one' of the conditions.

8 questions

OCR MEI S1 Q6
6 Whitefly, blight and mosaic virus are three problems which can affect tomato plants. 100 tomato plants are examined for these problems. The numbers of plants with each type of problem are shown in the Venn diagram. 47 of the plants have none of the problems.
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  1. One of the 100 plants is selected at random. Find the probability that this plant has
    (A) at most one of the problems,
    (B) exactly two of the problems.
  2. Three of the 100 plants are selected at random. Find the probability that all of them have at least one of the problems.
OCR MEI S1 2009 June Q6
6 Whitefly, blight and mosaic virus are three problems which can affect tomato plants. 100 tomato plants are examined for these problems. The numbers of plants with each type of problem are shown in the Venn diagram. 47 of the plants have none of the problems.
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  1. One of the 100 plants is selected at random. Find the probability that this plant has
    (A) at most one of the problems,
    (B) exactly two of the problems.
  2. Three of the 100 plants are selected at random. Find the probability that all of them have at least one of the problems. Section B (36 marks)
OCR MEI S1 2015 June Q2
2 A survey is being carried out into the sports viewing habits of people in a particular area. As part of the survey, 250 people are asked which of the following sports they have watched on television in the past month.
  • Football
  • Cycling
  • Rugby
The numbers of people who have watched these sports are shown in the Venn diagram.
\includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{6015ae6c-bf76-4a0c-af0f-5c53f9c5ed2a-2_723_917_1183_575} One of the people is selected at random.
  1. Find the probability that this person has in the past month
    (A) watched cycling but not football,
    (B) watched either one or two of the three sports.
  2. Given that this person has watched cycling, find the probability that this person has not watched football.
Edexcel Paper 3 2021 October Q4
  1. A large college produces three magazines.
One magazine is about green issues, one is about equality and one is about sports.
A student at the college is selected at random and the events \(G , E\) and \(S\) are defined as follows
\(G\) is the event that the student reads the magazine about green issues
\(E\) is the event that the student reads the magazine about equality
\(S\) is the event that the student reads the magazine about sports
The Venn diagram, where \(p , q , r\) and \(t\) are probabilities, gives the probability for each subset.
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  1. Find the proportion of students in the college who read exactly one of these magazines. No students read all three magazines and \(\mathrm { P } ( G ) = 0.25\)
  2. Find
    1. the value of \(p\)
    2. the value of \(q\) Given that \(\mathrm { P } ( S \mid E ) = \frac { 5 } { 12 }\)
  3. find
    1. the value of \(r\)
    2. the value of \(t\)
  4. Determine whether or not the events ( \(S \cap E ^ { \prime }\) ) and \(G\) are independent. Show your working clearly. \section*{Question 4 continued.} \section*{Question 4 continued.} \section*{Question 4 continued.}
Edexcel S1 2024 June Q6
  1. The Venn diagram shows the probabilities related to teenagers playing 3 particular board games.
    \(C\) is the event that a teenager plays Chess
    \(S\) is the event that a teenager plays Scrabble
    \(G\) is the event that a teenager plays Go
    where \(p\) and \(q\) are probabilities.
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    1. Find the probability that a randomly selected teenager plays Chess but does not play Go.
    Given that the events \(C\) and \(S\) are independent,
  2. find the value of \(p\)
  3. Hence find the value of \(q\)
  4. Find (i) \(\mathrm { P } \left( ( C \cup S ) \cap G ^ { \prime } \right)\)
    (ii) \(\mathrm { P } ( C \mid ( S \cap G ) )\) A youth club consists of a large number of teenagers.
    In this youth club 76 teenagers play Chess and Go.
  5. Use the information in the Venn diagram to estimate how many of the teenagers in the youth club do not play Scrabble.
Edexcel S1 2018 October Q4
4. Pieces of wood cladding are produced by a timber merchant. There are three types of fault, \(A , B\) and \(C\), that can appear in each piece of wood cladding. The Venn diagram shows the probabilities of a piece of wood cladding having the various types of fault.
\includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{0377c6e9-ab4f-477d-9236-0732fe81f25e-14_602_1120_497_413} A piece of wood cladding is chosen at random.
  1. Find the probability that the piece of wood cladding has more than one type of fault. Fault types \(A\) and \(C\) occur independently.
  2. Find the probability that the piece of wood cladding has no faults. Given that the piece of wood cladding has fault \(A\),
  3. find the probability that it also has fault \(B\) but not fault \(C\). Two pieces of the wood cladding are selected at random.
  4. Find the probability that both have exactly 2 types of fault.
Edexcel S1 Specimen Q4
  1. The Venn diagram in Figure 1 shows the number of students in a class who read any of 3 popular magazines \(A , B\) and \(C\).
\begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{61983561-79f7-4883-8ae7-ab1f4955d444-12_396_912_411_523} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 1}
\end{figure} One of these students is selected at random.
  1. Show that the probability that the student reads more than one magazine is \(\frac { 1 } { 6 }\).
  2. Find the probability that the student reads \(A\) or \(B\) (or both).
  3. Write down the probability that the student reads both \(A\) and \(C\). Given that the student reads at least one of the magazines,
  4. find the probability that the student reads \(C\).
  5. Determine whether or not reading magazine \(B\) and reading magazine \(C\) are statistically independent.
Edexcel S1 2010 June Q4
4. The Venn diagram in Figure 1 shows the number of students in a class who read any of 3 popular magazines \(A , B\) and \(C\). \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{039e6fcf-3222-40cc-95ea-37b8dc4a4ddb-07_397_934_374_502} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 1}
\end{figure} One of these students is selected at random.
  1. Show that the probability that the student reads more than one magazine is \(\frac { 1 } { 6 }\).
  2. Find the probability that the student reads \(A\) or \(B\) (or both).
  3. Write down the probability that the student reads both \(A\) and \(C\). Given that the student reads at least one of the magazines,
  4. find the probability that the student reads \(C\).
  5. Determine whether or not reading magazine \(B\) and reading magazine \(C\) are statistically independent.