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2015 · Paper 2 Q43 Permutations and combinations
A queue is formed by 6 boys and 2 girls. If no girls are next to each other, how many different queues can be formed?
A 1440.
B 10080.
C 30240.
D 35280.
2015 · Paper 2 Q44 More about probability
Bag P contains 2 red balls and 4 green balls while bag Q contains 1 red ball and 3 green balls. If a bag is randomly chosen and then a ball is randomly drawn from the bag, find the probability that a green ball is drawn.
A 310\frac{3}{10}.
B 710\frac{7}{10}.
C 724\frac{7}{24}.
D 1724\frac{17}{24}.
2015 · Paper 2 Q45 Measures of dispersion
Let x1x_{1}, y1y_{1} and z1z_{1} be the mean, the median and the variance of a group of numbers {a1,a2,a3,,a50}\{a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}, \ldots, a_{50}\} respectively while x2x_{2}, y2y_{2} and z2z_{2} be the mean, the median and the variance of the group of numbers {a1,a2,a3,,a49}\{a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}, \ldots, a_{49}\} respectively. If x1=a50x_{1} = a_{50}, which of the following must be true?

I. x1=x2x_{1}=x_{2}

II. y1qy2y_{1}\ge q y_{2}

III. z1qz2z_{1}\le q z_{2}
A I and II only
B I and III only
C II and III only
D I, II and III