Higher Plus
22nd March 1974
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 8 cm by 14 cm by 5 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 20 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 5 units wide with density 0.6. How many values in total?
- 4Surds3 marks
Rationalise the denominator of 18/sqrt(3), giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 5Quadratic Inequalities3 marks
Solve x^2 + 6x < 0.
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