Higher Plus
9th February 1959
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 10 cm by 14 cm by 12 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
- 2Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 5 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
- 3Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 20 units wide with density 3. How many values in total?
- 4Bounds3 marks
A block has mass 670 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 5 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
- 5Trigonometric and Exponential Graphs2 marks
The curve y = sin x° is drawn for 0 <= x <= 360. Write down the value of y when x = 360.
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