Mathematics 9709 · AS & A Level · The Poisson distribution

The Poisson distribution — practice question

(a)[3]

A chess team consisting of $2$ girls and $2$ boys is to be selected from the $7$ girls and $6$ boys in the chess club. Determine how many selections are possible if $2$ of the girls are twins and they must either both be included or both be excluded.

(b(i))[4]

The digits in $1\,244\,687$ can be rearranged to form many different $7$-digit numbers. How many of these $7$-digit numbers are even?

(b(ii))[2]

How many different numbers in the range $20\,000$ to $30\,000$ can be made using $5$ distinct digits from the digits $1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8$?

(c)[3]

Helen has black tiles, white tiles and grey tiles. She arranges one row of $8$ tiles above her washbasin. Each tile she places is equally likely to be black, white or grey. Find the probability that no two adjacent tiles have the same colour.

Worked solution & mark scheme

This 12-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: Take twins as $^6C_2$ and triplets as $^5C_2\times^6C_2$ (or an equivalent expression)

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