Higher Plus
12th August 1981
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 14 cm by 5 cm by 8 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 7 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 25 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
- 4Bounds3 marks
A rectangle is 15 cm by 6 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
- 5Inverse and Composite Functions3 marks
f(x) = 6x - 1. Work out the inverse function f^-1(x).
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