Higher Plus
28th July 1983
- 1Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 7 red and 7 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 3, 2, 0.5, 1. Which class contains the median?
- 3Surds3 marks
Simplify sqrt(20) + sqrt(20), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
- 4The Nth Term of a Quadratic Sequence3 marks
Work out the nth term of the quadratic sequence -9, -11, -11, -9, ...
- 5Direct and Inverse Proportion Depth3 marks
y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 16. Work out y when x = 2.
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