Finding Unknown Probabilities in Venn Diagrams

A question is this type if and only if it gives a Venn diagram with algebraic unknowns (like p, q, r) and constraints, requiring you to solve for these unknown probability values.

6 questions

OCR MEI S1 2005 January Q3
3 The Venn diagram illustrates the occurrence of two events \(A\) and \(B\).
\includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{b35b2b3b-0d26-4a35-b4d2-110bf270d5dc-2_513_826_1713_658} You are given that \(\mathrm { P } ( A \cap B ) = 0.3\) and that the probability that neither \(A\) nor \(B\) occurs is 0.1 . You are also given that \(\mathrm { P } ( A ) = 2 \mathrm { P } ( B )\). Find \(\mathrm { P } ( B )\).
OCR MEI S1 Q5
5 The Venn diagram illustrates the occurrence of two events \(A\) and \(B\).
\includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{64f25a40-d3bf-4212-b92e-655f980c702b-5_480_771_452_655} You are given that \(\mathrm { P } ( A \cap B ) = 0.3\) and that the probability that neither \(A\) nor \(B\) occurs is 0.1 . You are also given that \(\mathrm { P } ( A ) = 2 \mathrm { P } ( B )\). Find \(\mathrm { P } ( B )\).
Edexcel S1 2019 January Q1
  1. The Venn diagram shows the probability of a randomly selected student from a school being in the sets \(L , B\) and \(C\), where
    \(L\) represents the event that the student has instrumental music lessons
    \(B\) represents the event that the student plays in the school band
    \(C\) represents the event that the student sings in the school choir
    \(p , q , r\) and \(s\) are probabilities.
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    1. Select a pair of mutually exclusive events from \(L , B\) and \(C\).
    Given that \(\mathrm { P } ( L ) = 0.4 , \mathrm { P } ( B ) = 0.13 , \mathrm { P } ( C ) = 0.3\) and the events \(L\) and \(C\) are independent,
  2. find the value of \(p\),
  3. find the value of \(q\), the value of \(r\) and the value of \(s\). A student is selected at random from those who play in the school band or sing in the school choir.
  4. Find the exact probability that this student has instrumental music lessons.
Edexcel S1 2023 January Q4
    1. In the Venn diagram below, \(A\) and \(B\) represent events and \(p , q , r\) and \(s\) are probabilities.
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$$\mathrm { P } ( A ) = \frac { 7 } { 25 } \quad \mathrm { P } ( B ) = \frac { 1 } { 5 } \quad \mathrm { P } \left[ \left( A \cap B ^ { \prime } \right) \cup \left( A ^ { \prime } \cap B \right) \right] = \frac { 8 } { 25 }$$
  1. Use algebra to show that \(2 p + 2 q + 2 r = \frac { 4 } { 5 }\)
  2. Find the value of \(p\), the value of \(q\), the value of \(r\) and the value of \(s\)
    (ii) Two events, \(C\) and \(D\), are such that $$\mathrm { P } ( C ) = \frac { x } { x + 5 } \quad \mathrm { P } ( D ) = \frac { 5 } { x }$$ where \(x\) is a positive constant.
    By considering \(\mathrm { P } ( C ) + \mathrm { P } ( D )\) show that \(C\) and \(D\) cannot be mutually exclusive.
OCR MEI S1 Q3
3 The Venn diagram illustrates the occurrence of two events \(A\) and \(B\).
\includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{1ad9c390-b42f-47d8-86c5-f73a42d97721-02_513_826_1713_658} You are given that \(\mathrm { P } ( A \cap B ) = 0.3\) and that the probability that neither \(A\) nor \(B\) occurs is 0.1 . You are also given that \(\mathrm { P } ( A ) = 2 \mathrm { P } ( B )\). Find \(\mathrm { P } ( B )\).
SPS SPS SM Statistics 2023 January Q7
7. 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. END OF TEST