CAIE A Level Mathematics 9709 · Probability

Probability: calculation question

3 marksStandard

A survey of students recorded their gender and whether they passed a test. The results are shown in the table below.

PassedFailedTotal
Male4812
Female61420
Total102232

A student is selected at random.

  1. (a)

    Given that the student is female, find the probability that she passed the test. Give your answer as a decimal to 2 decimal places.

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