Higher Plus
21st August 1987
- 1Transforming Graphs y=f(x)3 marks
The point (-2, 2) lies on y = f(x). Write down its image on y = f(x + 2).
- 2Velocity Time Graphs2 marks
On a velocity-time graph a car speeds up in a straight line from 4 m/s to 16.5 m/s over 5 seconds. Work out the acceleration.
- 33d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 8 cm by 7 cm by 7 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
- 4Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 5 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
- 5Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 10 units wide with density 0.6. How many values in total?
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