Formula Sheet OOO
Formula Sheet OOO
For use from 2020 in all papers for the above syllabuses.
CST319
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PURE MATHEMATICS
Mensuration
Volume of sphere = 4
3
πr 3
Algebra
For the quadratic equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 :
−b ± b 2 − 4ac
x=
2a
For an arithmetic series:
un = a + (n − 1)d , S n = 12 n( a + l ) = 12 n{2a + (n − 1) d }
Binomial series:
n n n
(a + b) n = a n + a n −1b + a n − 2b 2 + a n −3b3 + K + b n , where n is a positive integer
1 2 3
n n!
and =
r r!(n − r )!
n(n − 1) 2 n(n − 1)(n − 2) 3
(1 + x) n = 1 + nx + x + x + K , where n is rational and x < 1
2! 3!
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Trigonometry
sin θ
tan θ ≡
cos θ
cos 2 θ + sin 2 θ ≡ 1 , 1 + tan 2 θ ≡ sec 2 θ , cot 2 θ + 1 ≡ cosec 2 θ
sin( A ± B) ≡ sin A cos B ± cos A sin B
cos( A ± B) ≡ cos A cos B m sin A sin B
tan A ± tan B
tan( A ± B ) ≡
1 m tan A tan B
sin 2 A ≡ 2sin A cos A
cos 2 A ≡ cos 2 A − sin 2 A ≡ 2cos 2 A − 1 ≡ 1 − 2sin 2 A
2 tan A
tan 2 A ≡
1 − tan 2 A
Principal values:
− 12 π ⩽ sin −1 x ⩽ 12 π , 0 ⩽ cos −1 x ⩽ π , − 12 π < tan −1 x < 12 π
Differentiation
f( x ) f ′( x )
xn nx n −1
1
ln x
x
ex ex
sin x cos x
cos x − sin x
tan x sec 2 x
sec x sec x tan x
cosec x − cosec x cot x
cot x − cosec 2 x
1
tan −1 x
1 + x2
du dv
uv v +u
dx dx
du dv
v −u
u dx dx
v v2
dy dy dx
If x = f(t ) and y = g(t ) then = ÷
dx dt dt
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Integration
(Arbitrary constants are omitted; a denotes a positive constant.)
f( x ) ∫ f( x ) dx
x n +1
xn (n ≠ −1)
n +1
1
ln x
x
ex ex
sin x − cos x
cos x sin x
sec 2 x tan x
1 1 x
tan −1
x + a2
2
a a
1 1 x−a
ln ( x > a)
x − a2
2
2a x + a
1 1 a+x
a − x2
2
ln
2a a − x
( x < a)
dv du
∫ u dx dx = uv −∫ v dx dx
f ′( x)
∫ f ( x) dx = ln f ( x)
Vectors
If a = a1i + a2 j + a3k and b = b1i + b2 j + b3k then
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FURTHER PURE MATHEMATICS
Algebra
Summations:
n n n
∑
r =1
r = 12 n(n + 1) , ∑
r =1
r 2 = 16 n(n + 1)(2n + 1) , ∑r
r =1
3
= 14 n 2 (n + 1) 2
Maclaurin’s series:
x2 xr
f( x) = f(0) + x f ′(0) + f ′′(0) + K + f ( r ) (0) + K
2! r!
x2 xr
e x = exp( x) = 1 + x + +K + +K (all x)
2! r!
x 2 x3 xr
ln(1 + x) = x − + − K + (−1) r +1 + K (–1 < x ⩽ 1)
2 3 r
x3 x5 x 2 r +1
sin x = x − + − K + (−1) r +K (all x)
3! 5! (2r + 1)!
x2 x4 x2r
cos x = 1 − + − K + (−1) r +K (all x)
2! 4! (2r )!
x3 x5 x 2 r +1
tan −1 x = x − + − K + (−1) r +K (–1 ⩽ x ⩽ 1)
3 5 2r + 1
x3 x5 x 2 r +1
sinh x = x + + +K + +K (all x)
3! 5! (2r + 1)!
x2 x4 x2r
cosh x = 1 + + +K+ +K (all x)
2! 4! (2r )!
x3 x5 x 2 r +1
tanh −1 x = x + + +K + +K (–1 < x < 1)
3 5 2r + 1
Trigonometry
If t = tan 12 x then:
2t 1− t2
sin x = and cos x =
1+ t2 1+ t2
Hyperbolic functions
cosh 2 x − sinh 2 x ≡ 1 , sinh 2 x ≡ 2sinh x cosh x , cosh 2 x ≡ cosh 2 x + sinh 2 x
sinh −1 x = ln( x + x 2 + 1)
cosh −1 x = ln( x + x 2 − 1) (x ⩾ 1)
1+ x
tanh −1 x = 12 ln (| x | < 1)
1− x
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Differentiation
f( x ) f ′( x )
1
sin −1 x
1 − x2
1
cos −1 x −
1 − x2
sinh x cosh x
cosh x sinh x
tanh x sech 2 x
1
sinh −1 x
1 + x2
1
cosh −1 x
x2 − 1
1
tanh −1 x
1 − x2
Integration
(Arbitrary constants are omitted; a denotes a positive constant.)
f( x ) ∫ f( x ) dx
sec x ln| sec x + tan x | = ln| tan( 12 x + 14 π) | ( x < 12 π )
1 x
cosh −1 ( x > a)
2
x −a 2 a
1 x
sinh −1
2
a +x 2 a
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MECHANICS
FURTHER MECHANICS
Motion of a projectile
Equation of trajectory is:
gx 2
y = x tan θ −
2V 2 cos 2 θ
Motion in a circle
For uniform circular motion, the acceleration is directed towards the centre and has magnitude
v2
ω 2r or
r
r sin α
Circular arc of radius r and angle 2α: from centre
α
2r sin α
Circular sector of radius r and angle 2α: from centre
3α
3
Solid cone or pyramid of height h: 4
h from vertex
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PROBABILITY & STATISTICS
Summary statistics
For ungrouped data:
Σx Σ( x − x ) 2 Σx 2
x= , standard deviation = = − x2
n n n
For grouped data:
Σxf Σ( x − x ) 2 f Σx 2 f
x= , standard deviation = = − x2
Σf Σf Σf
n
pr = p r (1 − p) n − r , µ = np , σ 2 = np(1 − p )
r
For the geometric distribution Geo(p):
1
pr = p(1 − p) r −1 , µ=
p
For the Poisson distribution Po(λ )
λr
pr = e − λ , µ =λ , σ2 =λ
r!
Σx Σ( x − x ) 2 1 2 ( Σx ) 2
x= , s2 = = Σx −
n n −1 n −1 n
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FURTHER PROBABILITY & STATISTICS
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THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
ADD
0.0 0.5000 0.5040 0.5080 0.5120 0.5160 0.5199 0.5239 0.5279 0.5319 0.5359 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36
0.1 0.5398 0.5438 0.5478 0.5517 0.5557 0.5596 0.5636 0.5675 0.5714 0.5753 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36
0.2 0.5793 0.5832 0.5871 0.5910 0.5948 0.5987 0.6026 0.6064 0.6103 0.6141 4 8 12 15 19 23 27 31 35
0.3 0.6179 0.6217 0.6255 0.6293 0.6331 0.6368 0.6406 0.6443 0.6480 0.6517 4 7 11 15 19 22 26 30 34
0.4 0.6554 0.6591 0.6628 0.6664 0.6700 0.6736 0.6772 0.6808 0.6844 0.6879 4 7 11 14 18 22 25 29 32
0.5 0.6915 0.6950 0.6985 0.7019 0.7054 0.7088 0.7123 0.7157 0.7190 0.7224 3 7 10 14 17 20 24 27 31
0.6 0.7257 0.7291 0.7324 0.7357 0.7389 0.7422 0.7454 0.7486 0.7517 0.7549 3 7 10 13 16 19 23 26 29
0.7 0.7580 0.7611 0.7642 0.7673 0.7704 0.7734 0.7764 0.7794 0.7823 0.7852 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27
0.8 0.7881 0.7910 0.7939 0.7967 0.7995 0.8023 0.8051 0.8078 0.8106 0.8133 3 5 8 11 14 16 19 22 25
0.9 0.8159 0.8186 0.8212 0.8238 0.8264 0.8289 0.8315 0.8340 0.8365 0.8389 3 5 8 10 13 15 18 20 23
1.0 0.8413 0.8438 0.8461 0.8485 0.8508 0.8531 0.8554 0.8577 0.8599 0.8621 2 5 7 9 12 14 16 19 21
1.1 0.8643 0.8665 0.8686 0.8708 0.8729 0.8749 0.8770 0.8790 0.8810 0.8830 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
1.2 0.8849 0.8869 0.8888 0.8907 0.8925 0.8944 0.8962 0.8980 0.8997 0.9015 2 4 6 7 9 11 13 15 17
1.3 0.9032 0.9049 0.9066 0.9082 0.9099 0.9115 0.9131 0.9147 0.9162 0.9177 2 3 5 6 8 10 11 13 14
1.4 0.9192 0.9207 0.9222 0.9236 0.9251 0.9265 0.9279 0.9292 0.9306 0.9319 1 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 13
1.5 0.9332 0.9345 0.9357 0.9370 0.9382 0.9394 0.9406 0.9418 0.9429 0.9441 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 10 11
1.6 0.9452 0.9463 0.9474 0.9484 0.9495 0.9505 0.9515 0.9525 0.9535 0.9545 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1.7 0.9554 0.9564 0.9573 0.9582 0.9591 0.9599 0.9608 0.9616 0.9625 0.9633 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8
1.8 0.9641 0.9649 0.9656 0.9664 0.9671 0.9678 0.9686 0.9693 0.9699 0.9706 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 6
1.9 0.9713 0.9719 0.9726 0.9732 0.9738 0.9744 0.9750 0.9756 0.9761 0.9767 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 5
2.0 0.9772 0.9778 0.9783 0.9788 0.9793 0.9798 0.9803 0.9808 0.9812 0.9817 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4
2.1 0.9821 0.9826 0.9830 0.9834 0.9838 0.9842 0.9846 0.9850 0.9854 0.9857 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4
2.2 0.9861 0.9864 0.9868 0.9871 0.9875 0.9878 0.9881 0.9884 0.9887 0.9890 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3
2.3 0.9893 0.9896 0.9898 0.9901 0.9904 0.9906 0.9909 0.9911 0.9913 0.9916 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
2.4 0.9918 0.9920 0.9922 0.9925 0.9927 0.9929 0.9931 0.9932 0.9934 0.9936 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
2.5 0.9938 0.9940 0.9941 0.9943 0.9945 0.9946 0.9948 0.9949 0.9951 0.9952 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
2.6 0.9953 0.9955 0.9956 0.9957 0.9959 0.9960 0.9961 0.9962 0.9963 0.9964 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
2.7 0.9965 0.9966 0.9967 0.9968 0.9969 0.9970 0.9971 0.9972 0.9973 0.9974 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
2.8 0.9974 0.9975 0.9976 0.9977 0.9977 0.9978 0.9979 0.9979 0.9980 0.9981 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2.9 0.9981 0.9982 0.9982 0.9983 0.9984 0.9984 0.9985 0.9985 0.9986 0.9986 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P(Z ⩽ z) = p.
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CRITICAL VALUES FOR THE t-DISTRIBUTION
P(T ⩽ t) = p.
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CRITICAL VALUES FOR THE χ 2 -DISTRIBUTION
ν=1 0.031571 0.039821 0.023932 2.706 3.841 5.024 6.635 7.879 10.83
2 0.02010 0.05064 0.1026 4.605 5.991 7.378 9.210 10.60 13.82
3 0.1148 0.2158 0.3518 6.251 7.815 9.348 11.34 12.84 16.27
4 0.2971 0.4844 0.7107 7.779 9.488 11.14 13.28 14.86 18.47
5 0.5543 0.8312 1.145 9.236 11.07 12.83 15.09 16.75 20.51
6 0.8721 1.237 1.635 10.64 12.59 14.45 16.81 18.55 22.46
7 1.239 1.690 2.167 12.02 14.07 16.01 18.48 20.28 24.32
8 1.647 2.180 2.733 13.36 15.51 17.53 20.09 21.95 26.12
9 2.088 2.700 3.325 14.68 16.92 19.02 21.67 23.59 27.88
10 2.558 3.247 3.940 15.99 18.31 20.48 23.21 25.19 29.59
11 3.053 3.816 4.575 17.28 19.68 21.92 24.73 26.76 31.26
12 3.571 4.404 5.226 18.55 21.03 23.34 26.22 28.30 32.91
13 4.107 5.009 5.892 19.81 22.36 24.74 27.69 29.82 34.53
14 4.660 5.629 6.571 21.06 23.68 26.12 29.14 31.32 36.12
15 5.229 6.262 7.261 22.31 25.00 27.49 30.58 32.80 37.70
16 5.812 6.908 7.962 23.54 26.30 28.85 32.00 34.27 39.25
17 6.408 7.564 8.672 24.77 27.59 30.19 33.41 35.72 40.79
18 7.015 8.231 9.390 25.99 28.87 31.53 34.81 37.16 42.31
19 7.633 8.907 10.12 27.20 30.14 32.85 36.19 38.58 43.82
20 8.260 9.591 10.85 28.41 31.41 34.17 37.57 40.00 45.31
21 8.897 10.28 11.59 29.62 32.67 35.48 38.93 41.40 46.80
22 9.542 10.98 12.34 30.81 33.92 36.78 40.29 42.80 48.27
23 10.20 11.69 13.09 32.01 35.17 38.08 41.64 44.18 49.73
24 10.86 12.40 13.85 33.20 36.42 39.36 42.98 45.56 51.18
25 11.52 13.12 14.61 34.38 37.65 40.65 44.31 46.93 52.62
30 14.95 16.79 18.49 40.26 43.77 46.98 50.89 53.67 59.70
40 22.16 24.43 26.51 51.81 55.76 59.34 63.69 66.77 73.40
50 29.71 32.36 34.76 63.17 67.50 71.42 76.15 79.49 86.66
60 37.48 40.48 43.19 74.40 79.08 83.30 88.38 91.95 99.61
70 45.44 48.76 51.74 85.53 90.53 95.02 100.4 104.2 112.3
80 53.54 57.15 60.39 96.58 101.9 106.6 112.3 116.3 124.8
90 61.75 65.65 69.13 107.6 113.1 118.1 124.1 128.3 137.2
100 70.06 74.22 77.93 118.5 124.3 129.6 135.8 140.2 149.4
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WILCOXON SIGNED-RANK TEST
For each value of n the table gives the largest value of T which will lead to rejection of the null hypothesis at
the level of significance indicated.
Critical values of T
Level of significance
One-tailed 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.005
Two-tailed 0.1 0.05 0.02 0.01
n=6 2 0
7 3 2 0
8 5 3 1 0
9 8 5 3 1
10 10 8 5 3
11 13 10 7 5
12 17 13 9 7
13 21 17 12 9
14 25 21 15 12
15 30 25 19 15
16 35 29 23 19
17 41 34 27 23
18 47 40 32 27
19 53 46 37 32
20 60 52 43 37
For larger values of n, each of P and Q can be approximated by the normal distribution with mean 1
4
n(n + 1)
and variance 1
24
n(n + 1)(2n + 1) .
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WILCOXON RANK-SUM TEST
For each pair of values of m and n, the table gives the largest value of W which will lead to rejection of the
null hypothesis at the level of significance indicated.
Critical values of W
Level of significance
One-tailed 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.05 0.025 0.01
Two-tailed 0.1 0.05 0.02 0.1 0.05 0.02 0.1 0.05 0.02 0.1 0.05 0.02
n m=3 m=4 m=5 m=6
3 6 – –
4 6 – – 11 10 –
5 7 6 – 12 11 10 19 17 16
6 8 7 – 13 12 11 20 18 17 28 26 24
7 8 7 6 14 13 11 21 20 18 29 27 25
8 9 8 6 15 14 12 23 21 19 31 29 27
9 10 8 7 16 14 13 24 22 20 33 31 28
10 10 9 7 17 15 13 26 23 21 35 32 29
Level of significance
One-tailed 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.05 0.025 0.01
Two-tailed 0.1 0.05 0.02 0.1 0.05 0.02 0.1 0.05 0.02 0.1 0.05 0.02
n m=7 m=8 m=9 m = 10
7 39 36 34
8 41 38 35 51 49 45
9 43 40 37 54 51 47 66 62 59
10 45 42 39 56 53 49 69 65 61 82 78 74
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MATHS (9709)
SUMMARIZED NOTES ON THE SYLLABUS
CAIE AS LEVEL MATHS (9709)
1.6. Skewness
Symmetrical: Median line lies in the middle of the box (i.e.
UQ – median = median – LQ)
Positively skewed: median line lies closer to LQ than UQ
(i.e. UQ – median > median – LQ)
Negatively skewed: median line lies closer to UQ than to
the LQ (i.e. UQ – median < median – LQ)
2.2. Median
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n
Solution: or
Use cumulative frequency to find the middle value i.e.
1
∑ x2i − x2
20 ÷ 2 = 10
n
Standard deviation is the square root of that
∴ you are finding the 10th value
The 10th value lies between 20 and 25
3.3. Variance in Frequency Table
∑ (xi −x)2 fi ∑ x 2f
∑ fi
or ∑ if i
i
− x2
{W04-P06} Question 4:
The ages, x years, of 18 people attending an evening class
are summarised by the following totals:
(12 − 4) : (25 − 20) ∑ x = 745, ∑ x2 = 33 951
i. Calculate the mean and standard deviation of the ages of
(12 − 10) : (25 − M edian)
this group of people.
12 − 10 ii. One person leaves group and mean age of the remaining
25 − M edian = × (25 − 20) 17 people is exactly 41 years. Find age of the person who left
12 − 4
∑ x2 ∑x
Sum of data divided by number of values σ= − x2 x=
n n
∑ xi
x= σ = 13.2 x = 41.4
n
or Part (ii):
The total age of the 18 people
∑ xi fi
x= ∑ x = 745
∑ fi
Important as it uses all the data values Find the total age of the 17 people
Disadvantage: affected by extreme values
If data is grouped – use mid-point of group as x ∑ x = 41 × 17 = 697
Coded mean: if being used to calculate standard
deviation, can be used as is else: Subtract the two to get the age
745 − 697 = 48 years
∑ (x − a) Calculating the new standard deviation
x= +a
Find the ∑ x2 of the 17 people
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Total probability
n
happen at the same time.
∴ ∑ x2 = 2900.5 × 22 Examples of MEEs:
Looking Left & Looking Right.
Coin toss: Heads & Tails.
∑ x2 = 63811
Cards: Kings & Aces.
Examples of not MEEs:
4. Probability Cards: Kings and Hearts. (we have Kings of Hearts)
Students: People who study French and Spanish
(some can study both)
4.1. Basic Rules Rules of MEEs:
P (A and B) = 0
All probabilities lie between 0 and 1
P (A) = The probability of event A In other words, the probability of both events happening is 0,
P (A ) = 1 − P (A) = The probability of not A
′
because they can’t occur at the same time.
To simplify a question, represent info in tree diagram: P (A or B) = P (A) + P (B)
In other words, the probability of A or B happening, is just
their individual probabilities being added together. Example:
P(Get King AND Queen) = 0
P(Get King OR Queen) = 1/13 + 1/13
P (A and B)
=0
Because of events can happen at the same time, so
{S08-P06} Question 7: probability of both events happening is not 0.
A die is biased so that the probability of throwing a 5 is 0.75
and probabilities of throwing a 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 are all equal. P (A or B) = P (A) + P (B ) − P (A and B)
The die is thrown thrice. Find the probability that the result is
1 followed by 5 followed by any even number. When adding P(A) & P(B), we counted the “middle part” twice,
Solution: so we must subtract it.
Probability of getting a 1 Example:
P(Get Kings or Hearts) = 4/52 + 13/52 – 1/52
1 − 0.75 = 0.25 1/52 comes from the king of hearts
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Calculation of probability of one event given that another, Events A and B are such that P (A) = 0.3, P (B ) = 0.8
connected event, had occurred. and P (A and B) = 0.4. State, giving a reason in each case,
Conditional Probability formula: whether A and B are
P (A and B) 1. Independent
P (B ∣A) =
P (A)
2. mutually exclusive
get a king given that you’ve already gotten one. Tim throws a fair die twice and notes the number on each
throw. Events A, B, C are defined as follows.
{S07-P06} Question 2: A: the number on the second throw is 5
Jamie is equally likely to attend or not to attend a training B: the sum of the numbers is 6
session before a football match. If he attends, he is certain to C: the product of the numbers is even
be chosen for the team which plays in the match. If he does By calculation find which pairs, if any, of the events A, B and
not attend, there is a probability of 0.6 that he is chosen for C are independent.
the team. Solution:
Probability of Event A = P(Any Number) × P(5)
1. Find probability that Jamie is chosen for team.
2. Find the probability that Jamie attended the training
1 1
∴ P (A) = 1 × =
6 6
0.5 3
P (Attends∣Chosen) = = 0.625 ∴ P (C ) =
4
0.8
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=
P (A) × P (B) (9!) × (2!)
3 2! is necessary because A and B can swap places
P (A and C) = P [(2, 5) + (4, 5) + (6, 5)] =
36
or the next event does not rely from the previous event.
Examples of Independent events:
Coin tosses 5.2. Combination
Dice rolling
Examples of not Independent events: The number of ways of selecting r objects from n unlike
Picking a ball from a bag (The next probability will objects is:
increase due to a decrease in the number of balls in
n!
the bag) n
Cr =
r! (n − r)!
In other words, the probability that events A and B occur is 5.3. Permutations
just by multiplying them.
The number of ordered arrangements of r objects taken
from n unlike objects is:
5. Permutations and
n!
Combinations nP
r =
(n − r)!
Order matters
5.1. Factorial
The number of ways of arranging n unlike objects in a 6. Probability Distribution
line is n!
The probability distribution of a discrete random variable
Total arrangements for a word with repeated letters: is a listing of the possible values of the variable and the
(Number of Letters)! corresponding probabilities
Total of all probability always equals 1
(Repeated Letter)!
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This is a binomial distribution where the probability of We can calculate the probability there is at least 1 boy
success is 14 and the number of trials is 5
present from 5 drama students using a binomial distribution
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with 5 trials and P of success = 14
x n−x
1 3 Find probability of 0 and subtract answer from 1:
P (X = x) = nCx ( ) ( )
4 4
P (X ≥ 1) = 1 − P (X = 0)
The dice are rolled five times thus the number of green faces
one can get ranges from 0 to 5 3 0 11 5
P (X ≥ 1) = 1 − 5C5 × ( ) ×( )
Use formula to obtain probabilities e.g. P (X = 1) , 14 14
1 4
1 3 P (X ≥ 1) = 0.701
P (X = 1) = 5C1 ( ) ( ) = 0.3955
4 4
E (x) = μ = ∑ xi pi
Conditions:
n x (n−x)
P (X = x) = Cx × p × q
Finally, to calculate the variance
n = number of trials
A binomial distribution can be written as:
{W11-P63} Question 3:
X ∼ B(n, p) A factory makes a large number of ropes with lengths either
3m or 5m. There are four times as many ropes of length 3m
as there are ropes of length 5m. One rope is chosen at
{W11-P62} Question 6: random. Find the expectation and variance of its length.
In Luttley College; 60 of students are boys. Students can Solution:
choose exactly one of Games, Drama or Music on Friday From information given, calculate probabilities
afternoons. 75 of the boys choose Games, 10 choose Drama
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and remainder choose Music. Of the girls, 30choose Games, P (3m Rope) =
5
Solution:
Calculate expectation/mean
First, we calculate the probability of selecting a boy who is a
drama student; a conditional probability: 4 1
E (x) = ∑ xi pi = (3 × ) + (5 × ) = 3.4
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P (Boy∣Drama)
P (S ) =
P (Drama)
P (S ) = 4 1
P (Boy) × P (Drama) E (x2 ) = ∑ (xi )2 × pi = (32 × ) + (52 × ) = 12.2
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E (x) = μ = np 1+3
To calculate the variance:
2
σ = np(1 − p) 2+2
{S11-P63} Question 6: So now we calculate each probability then add them up:
The probability that Sue completes a Sudoku puzzle correctly
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
( )( ) + ( )( ) + ( )( ) =
is 0.75. Sue attempts 14 Sudoku puzzles every month. The
number that she completes successfully is denoted by X . 6 6 6 6 6 6 12
Find the value of X that has the highest probability. You may
assume that this value is one of the two values closest to the Part (b)
1
mean of X . This is a geometric distribution; its mean must be μ = p
1
Solution: Because p = 12
X = 11 Part (d)
Finding P (X < 8) means that we must sum all the
probabilities from x = 0 to x = 7. Let us use the summation
8.3. Geometric Distribution notation to make calculations much simpler
X ∼ Geo(p) 7
1 1
n−1
∑ (1 − )
12 12
p = Probability of success
Only for x ≥ 1 and x a positive integer
This is just a geometric series since our r is between -1 and 1,
Mean of a Geometric Distribution:
−1 < r < 1. Let us use the formula of the sum of geometric
1 series:
μ=
p N
1 − rN
∑ a (r)
n−1
{ S20-P51}Question 1: =a
1−r
The score when two fair six-sided dice are thrown is the s um n=1
of the two numbers on the upper faces
1 Applying it:
a) Show that the probability that the score is 4 is 12
The two dice are thrown repeatedly until a score of 4 is 1 11 n−1
7
1 1 − ( 11
7
obtained. The number of throws taken is denoted by the ∑( ) = 12 )
12 n=1 12 12 1 − 11
random variable X . 12
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P (X ≥ 25) = 1 − P (X ≤ 25)
Using the probability from above
P (Z ≤ −2) = 1 − P (Z ≤ 2)
Plot 3 × σ to the left and right i.e. 30 − 21 = 9 and 30 +
21 = 51. Follow example for the other curves. Search for 2 in the normal tables
P (a ≤ Z ≤ b) = P (Z ≤ b) − P (Z ≤ a)
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σ x > 6 x ≥ 6.5
Convert the greater than sign to less than x ≥ 6 x ≥ 5.5
P (X > 12) = 1 − P (X < 12) x < 6 x ≤ 5.5
x ≤ 6 x ≤ 6.5
P (X < 12) = 1 − 0.258 = 0.742
{S09-P06} Question 3:
Work back from table and use standardization formula On a certain road 20% of the vehicles are trucks, 16% are
(12 − μ) buses and remainder are cars. A random sample of 125
= 0.650
vehicles is taken. Using a suitable approximation, find the
σ probability that more than 73 are cars.
Solve simultaneous equations Solution:
σ = 3.15 and μ = 9.9 Find the probability of cars
Part (ii):
Greater than 1sd from μ means both sides of the graph 1 − (0.16 + 0.2) = 0.64
however area symmetrical ∴ find greater & double it Form a binomial distribution equation
Using values calculated from (i)
X ∼ B(125, 0.64)
P (X > (9.9 + 3.15) = P (X > 13.05)
Check if normal approximation can be used
Standardize it 125 × 0.64 = 80 and 125 × (1 − 0.64) = 45
13.05 − 9.9 Both values are greater than 5 so normal can be used
=1
3.15
0.3174 × 1000 = 317 birds As it is a negative value, we must one minus again
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