Higher Plus
30th April 1977
- 1Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 7 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
- 2Histograms3 marks
A histogram has four 20-wide classes from 0, with frequency densities 0.5, 3, 2, 1. Which class contains the median?
- 3Bounds3 marks
A car covers 160 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 6 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
- 4Rearranging Harder Formulae3 marks
Make x the subject of 5x + 7 = y(x + 7).
- 5Direct and Inverse Proportion Depth3 marks
y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 36. Work out y when x = 6.
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