Higher Plus
25th March 1962
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 7 cm by 13 cm by 7 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 7 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 5 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 20 units wide with density 3. How many values in total?
- 4Bounds3 marks
x = 150 and y = 27, each correct to the nearest whole number. Work out the upper bound of x - y.
- 5Completing the Square3 marks
Write x^2 - 4x + 3 in the form (x + a)^2 + b.
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