21M.2.SL.TZ2.4
At a school, of the students play a sport and of the students are involved in theatre. of the students do neither activity.
A student is selected at random.
At the school of the students are girls, and of the girls are involved in theatre.
A student is selected at random. Let be the event “the student is a girl” and let be the event “the student is involved in theatre”.
Find the probability that the student plays a sport and is involved in theatre.
Find the probability that the student is involved in theatre, but does not play a sport.
Find .
Determine if the events and are independent. Justify your answer.
Markscheme / solution
EITHER
OR (M1)
OR
OR
a clearly labelled Venn diagram (M1)
THEN
(accept ) A1
Note: To obtain the M1 for the Venn diagram all labels must be correct and in the correct sections. For example, do not accept in the area corresponding to .
[2 marks]
EITHER
OR
(M1)
OR
a clearly labelled Venn diagram including , and (M1)
THEN
(accept ) A1
[2 marks]
(M1)
A1
[2 marks]
METHOD 1
A1
and are not independent R1
METHOD 2
A1
and are not independent R1
Note: Do not award A0R1.
[2 marks]