The City

1 School

Jinnah Campus
Class 11

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T R I G O N O M E T R Y

Sir. Shakir Hussain

Twelve lettered tiles spelling the word TRIGONOMETRY are placed inside a bag.

(a) A tile is taken at random from the bag.

Find the probability that the tile shows a letter R.

Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

Answer .......................................... [1]

(b) All the tiles are placed back in the bag, a tile is then taken at random and placed on the table.
A second tile is taken at random and placed to the right of the first tile.
A third tile is taken at random and placed to the right of the second tile.

1st 2nd 3rd

Find the probability that, in the order the tiles were placed on the table, they spell GET.

Answer .......................................... [2]

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2 A bag contains n balls.

3 of the balls are white.
Two balls are taken from the bag, at random, without replacement.

(a) Complete the tree diagram.

First ball Second ball

2 White
n –1

White

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3
n
.......... Not white

3 White
n –1
..........
Not white

.......... Not white

[2]
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(b) The probability that both balls are white is .
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Show that n 2 - n - 90 = 0 .

[2]

(c) Find the value of n.

Answer ........................................... [2]

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3 Each time an archer fires an arrow, the probability that she hits the target is 0.7 .
She fires two arrows.

(a) Complete the tree diagram.

First arrow Second arrow

0.7 hit
hit
0.7
miss

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hit
miss

miss
[1]

(b) Find the probability that

(i) she hits the target twice,

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(ii) she hits the target exactly once.

Answer .......................................... [1]

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1 2 3 4

Four cards are marked with the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4.

One card is chosen at random.
A second card is then chosen, at random, from the remaining three cards.
The sum of the numbers on the two chosen cards is calculated.

(a) Complete the table to show the possible outcomes.

First card

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1 2 3 4

1
Second card

[1]

(b) What is the probability that the sum is less than 2?

Answer .......................................... [1]

(c) What is the probability that the sum is greater than 5?

Answer .......................................... [1]

19 A box has a mass of 1.7 kg, correct to the nearest 0.1 kg.

(a) Write down the lower bound for the mass of the box.

Answer ..................................... kg [1]

(b) The box holds 100 jars.

Each jar has a mass of 140 grams, correct to the nearest 10 grams.

Calculate the lower bound of the total mass of the box and 100 jars.
Give your answer in kilograms.

Answer ..................................... kg [2]

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4 (a) Aboxofchocolatescontains10milkchocolatesand2plainchocolates. For

Sachaeats3chocolateschosenatrandomfromthebox. Examiner’s
Thetreediagramshowsthepossibleoutcomesandtheirprobabilities. Use

First chocolate Second chocolate Third chocolate

8 milk
10
9 milk
11
2

Sir. Shakir Hussain

plain
10
milk
9 milk
10 10
12 2
11 plain

1 plain
10

milk
........

2 milk
12 ........
........ plain
plain
milk
........
plain
........

........ plain

(i) Completethetreediagram. [2]

(ii) Expressingeachanswerasafractioninitslowestterms,findtheprobabilitythatSacha

(a) eats3milkchocolates,

Answer  ............................................... [1]

(b) eats2milkchocolatesand1plainchocolateinanyorder.

Answer  ............................................... [2]

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10 (a) A bag contains red and blue pegs. For

Altogether there are 25 pegs of which n are red. Examiner’s
Rashid picks two pegs without replacement. Use

The tree diagram shows the possible outcomes and their probabilities.

First peg Second peg

n–1 red
24

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red
25 – n
n 24
25
blue

25 – n
25 red

blue

blue

(i) Complete the tree diagram. [2]

(ii) (a) Write an expression, as a single fraction in terms of n, for the probability that
Rashid picks a red peg then a blue peg in that order.

Answer ................................................ [1]

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(b) The probability that Rashid picks a red peg then a blue peg in that order is .
p
Given that the number of red pegs, n, satisfies the equation n2 – 25n + 150 = 0,
find p.

Answer p = ......................................... [2]

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(iii) Solve n2 – 25n + 150 = 0 to find the possible values of n. For

Examiner’s
Use

Answer n = .................. or ..................[2]

(iv) Given that at the start there are more blue pegs than red pegs in the bag, find the
probability that Rashid picks two red pegs.

Sir. Shakir Hussain

Answer ................................................ [2]

(b) Each member of a group of children

was asked their favourite colour.
The pie chart represents the results.
red
yellow

108°
54°
30° 78°
green pink

blue

(i) The number of children whose favourite colour is red is 75.

Find the number of children in the group.

Answer ................................................ [1]

(ii) Find, in its simplest form, the fraction of children whose favourite colour is green.

Answer ................................................ [1]

(iii) How many more children answered yellow than answered blue?

Answer ................................................ [1]

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20 Two bags contain beads. For

The first bag contains 2 white, 2 red and 3 black beads. Examiner’s
The second bag contains 3 white and 2 black beads. Use

One bead is taken, at random, from each bag.

The tree diagram is shown below.

First bead Second bead

3
white
5
white 2
5

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2
7 black
3 white
2 5
7 red 2
5
3 black
7
3 white
5
2
black 5
black

Find the probability that

(a) both beads are white,

Answer ................................................ [1]

(b) both beads are red,

Answer ................................................ [1]

(c) exactly one bead is black.

Answer ................................................ [2]

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21 For
Examiner’s
2 3 3 4 4 4 Use

The numbers 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4 are written on six cards.

Two cards are chosen, at random, without replacement, to form a 2-digit number.
The first card chosen shows the number of Tens.
The second card chosen shows the number of Units.

First card Second card

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Tens Units

Expressing each answer in its simplest form, find the probability that the two cards show

(a) a number greater than 20,

Answer ............................................... [1]

(b) the number 33,

Answer ............................................... [1]

(c) the number 43 or the number 32.

Answer ............................................... [2]

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14 Sachin and Zaheer play a game of tennis and a game of badminton. For
The results of the games are independent and the games cannot be drawn. Examiner’s
3 Use
The probability that Sachin wins the game of tennis is 4 .
3
The probability that Zaheer wins the game of badminton is 5 .

(a) What is the probability that Sachin wins both games?

Sir. Shakir Hussain

Answer ..................................... [1]

(b) What is the probability that Zaheer wins just one of the games?

Answer ..................................... [2]

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