A-Level MathematicsYear 2022Q7
20 Question 7 continued In Animal Crossing players are able to buy and sell turnips each week. The prices at which players can sell turnips during a week follow one of three patterns: Spike Fluctuating Decreasing The probability of the prices following a certain pattern one week depends only on the previous week’s pattern, as shown in Figure 6. This week’s pattern Spike Fluctuating Decreasing Previous week’s pattern Spike 0.3 0.5 0.2 Fluctuating 0.65 0.2 0.15 Decreasing 0.7 0.25 0.05 [Source: https://animalcrossing.fandom.com/wiki/Animal_Crossing_Wiki] Figure 6 During the first week of May, the prices of Jonny’s turnips are following the fluctuating pattern. (e) Find the probability that, during the third week of May, the prices of Jonny’s turnips are following the fluctuating pattern again. (2) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
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Syllabus levelAdvanced Level (A-Level)
SubjectMathematics
Official MarksVariable (2–6 marks)