Higher Plus
17th April 1988
- 1Completing the Square3 marks
Write x^2 - 4x + 9 in the form (x + a)^2 + b.
- 2Velocity Time Graphs2 marks
On a velocity-time graph a car speeds up in a straight line from 4 m/s to 19 m/s over 5 seconds. Work out the acceleration.
- 33d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 13 cm by 11 cm by 9 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
- 4Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 6 red and 7 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 5 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 5 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?
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