Edexcel IGCSE Math A Foundation 6.3 I the Addition Rule of Probability for Mutually Exclusive Questions

Practise adding probabilities of mutually exclusive outcomes and recovering missing category probabilities from a total of one.

Syllabus
First assessment 2018
Course
Math A 4MA1
Level
Foundation

Exam points

  • verify the outcomes cannot occur together before adding their probabilities
  • add the required mutually exclusive category probabilities for an either-or event
  • subtract known categories from 1 before combining an outcome with a missing category

Edexcel IGCSE Math A Foundation 6.3 I the Addition Rule of Probability for Mutually Exclusive Questions question 1

[Maximum number: 1]

Fred has a fair six-sided dice and a fair spinner.

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Fred throws the dice once.
He spins the spinner once.
The total score is the sum of the number the dice lands on and the number the spinner lands on.

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Find the probability that the total score is 9 or 10

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