Higher Plus
3rd December 1971
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 12 cm by 8 cm by 10 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 5 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 0.4, one 10 units wide with density 3. How many values in total?
- 4Surds3 marks
Rationalise the denominator of 56/sqrt(7), giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 5Proof3 marks
Prove that the sum of 4 consecutive integers is always a multiple of 2. State the simplified sum you would use.
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