Higher Plus
26th January 1973
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 14 cm by 6 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 4 red and 10 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 25 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
- 4Surds3 marks
Rationalise the denominator of 121/sqrt(11), giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 5Trigonometric and Exponential Graphs2 marks
The curve y = cos x° is drawn for 0 <= x <= 360. Write down the value of y when x = 270.
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