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Date May 2018 Marks available 3 Reference code 18M.1.SL.TZ1.T_10
Level Standard Level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 1
Command term Complete Question number T_10 Adapted from N/A

Question

A group of 60 sports enthusiasts visited the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic games to watch a variety of sporting events.

The most popular sports were snowboarding (S), figure skating (F) and ice hockey (H).

For this group of 60 people:

4 did not watch any of the most popular sports,
x watched all three of the most popular sports,
9 watched snowboarding only,
11 watched figure skating only,
15 watched ice hockey only,
7 watched snowboarding and figure skating,
13 watched figure skating and ice hockey,
11 watched snowboarding and ice hockey.

Complete the Venn diagram using the given information.

[3]
a.

Find the value of x.

[2]
b.

Write down the value of  n ( ( F H ) S ) .

[1]
c.

Markscheme

* This question is from an exam for a previous syllabus, and may contain minor differences in marking or structure.

(A1)(A1)(A1)  (C3)

Note: Award (A1) for 4 in correct place.

Award (A1) for 9, 11, 15 in correct place.

Award (A1) for 7 − x, 13 − x, 11 − x in correct place.

Accept 2, 8 and 6 in place of  7 − x, 13 − x, 11 − x.

[3 marks]

a.

4 + 9 + 11 + 15 + x + ( 7 x ) + ( 11 x ) + ( 13 x ) = 60      (M1)

Note: Award (M1) for equating the sum of at least seven of the entries in their Venn diagram to 60.

( x = ) 5      (A1)(ft) (C2)

Note: Follow through from part (a), but only if answer is positive.

[2 marks]

b.

34     (A1)(ft) (C1)

Note: Follow through from their Venn diagram.

[1 mark]

c.

Examiners report

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Syllabus sections

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