2026 TKGS WA2 Q5

2026 TKGS WA2 Q5

Secondary 4
4 marks

A little girl has 9 coins in her pocket. She has one 10-cent coin, two 50-cent coins and six \$1 coins. To pay for a drink which costs \$1.50, she randomly takes out a coin from her pocket. If the coin is a 10-cent coin, it is put back into the pocket. Then, she takes out the next coin.

  1. Complete the tree diagram.[1]
  2. Given that the first coin is a 50-cent coin, find the probability that the second coin is a \$1 coin.[1]
  3. Find the probability that she will have enough to pay for her drink after randomly taking out a coin twice.[2]

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Answer:(a) 1/9, 2/9. (b) 3/4. (c) 3/4.

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