ECZ 2016 · O-Level Paper 2 · Question 2 — Sets

Question from ECZ 2016 · O-Level Paper 2 · Question 2

(a) Of the 50 villagers who can tune in to Kambani Radio Station, 29 listen to news, 25 listen to sports, 22 listen to music, 11 listen to both news and sports, 9 listen to both sports and music, 12 listen to both news and music, 4 listen to all the three programmes, and 2 do not listen to any programme.

(a(i)) Draw a Venn diagram to illustrate this information.[2]

Verified working — step 1

Start at the centre: all three = 4.

(a(ii)) How many villagers

(a(ii)(a)) listen to music only,[1]

Verified working — step 1

Music only = total music minus the three overlapping regions.

(a(ii)(b)) listen to one type of programme only,[1]

Verified working — step 1

One programme only = News only + Sports only + Music only.

(a(ii)(c)) listen to two types of programmes only?[1]

Verified working — step 1

Two programmes only = the three pairwise overlaps.

(b) A survey carried out at a certain hospital indicates that the probability that a patient tested positive for malaria is 0.6. What is the probability that two patients selected at random

(b(i)) one tested negative while the other positive,[3]

Verified working — step 1

P(positive) = 0.6, so P(negative) = 1 - 0.6 = 0.4.

(b(ii)) both patients tested negative.[2]

Verified working — step 1

P(negative) = 1 - 0.6 = 0.4 for each patient, independently.

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