Question 9 — IGCSE 0580 Oct/Nov 2024 Paper 43
Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Extended tier, calculator. Topic: Probability · General. Worth 9 marks.
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A bag contains 5 white balls and 3 black balls.
(a) (i) Marwan picks a ball from the bag at random and then replaces it.
Find the probability that the ball is white.
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(ii) Naomi picks a ball from the bag at random and then replaces it.
She repeats this 120 times.
Find the number of times the ball is expected to be white.
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(b) Oscar picks a ball from the bag at random.
He replaces it and then picks a second ball from the bag at random.
(i) Find the probability that the balls are the same colour.
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(ii) Find the probability that the balls are not the same colour.
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(c) Priya picks 3 of the 8 balls from the bag at random without replacement.
Find the probability that she picks two white balls and one black ball.
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