Higher Plus
13th January 1986
- 1Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 3 red and 6 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, 1, 2, 0.5. Which class contains the median?
- 3Bounds3 marks
A block has mass 630 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 17 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
- 4Inverse and Composite Functions3 marks
f(x) = 6x + 2. Work out the inverse function f^-1(x).
- 5Direct and Inverse Proportion Depth3 marks
y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 49, y = 21. Work out y when x = 4.
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