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CAPE Applied Mathematics Unit 1 · 2017 · Paper 2 · Question 4(a)

The 15 persons in a sports club play badminton or tennis. Ten persons play badminton and 8 persons play tennis. A person is selected at random.

Calculate the probability that the person plays badminton, BOTH badminton and tennis, and only one of the sports.

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