4MA0 Foundation January 2015 Paper 2 Q14
14 A bag contains only red counters, blue counters and yellow counters.
The number of red counters in the bag is the same as the number of blue counters.
Mikhail takes at random a counter from the bag.
The probability that the counter is yellow is 0.3
Work out the probability that the counter Mikhail takes is red.
(3)
| Scheme | Marks |
|---|---|
| 1 − 0.3oe or 0.7oe | M1 |
| "0.7" ÷ 2 oe | M1 |
| 0.35 | A1 |
| (3) | |
| (3 marks) |
Notes
M1: accept 100(%) – 30(%) = 70(%)
M1: dep accept 70(%) ÷ 2
A1: for 0.35 or 35% or \(\dfrac{35}{100}\) oe