Higher Plus
4th February 1977
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 8 cm by 10 cm by 14 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?
- 3Histograms2 marks
On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 15-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
- 4Surds3 marks
Rationalise the denominator of 60/sqrt(6), giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 5Rearranging Harder Formulae3 marks
Make x the subject of 3x + 8 = y(x + 8).
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