Higher Plus
14th March 1964
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 7 cm by 13 cm by 11 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
- 2Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 3 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 10 units wide with frequency density 1.5, one 10 units wide with density 0.6. How many values in total?
- 4Bounds3 marks
A car covers 510 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 4 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
- 5Completing the Square3 marks
Work out the coordinates of the turning point of y = x^2 - 10x + 7.
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