2024 TJC H1 Q8

2024 TJC H1 Q8

8 marks

A school has a large number of students. A student is randomly chosen from the school.

Let \(G\text{ be the event that the student is a girl, and}\) \(S\text{ be the event that the student is shortsighted.}\)

It is given \(\mathrm{P}(G)=0.62\), \(\mathrm{P}(S|G')=0.2\) and \(\mathrm{P}(G|S')=0.392\).

  1. Describe, in the context of the question, the event \(G'\cap S'\).[1]
  2. Find the probability that the randomly chosen student is either a girl or is shortsighted or both.[3]
  3. Find the probability that the randomly chosen student is a girl with shortsightedness.[3]
  4. Determine whether \(G\) and \(S\) are independent events.[1]

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Answer:(a) Neither a girl nor shortsighted; (b) \(0.696\); (c) \(0.424\); (d) not independent.

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