Higher Plus
22nd July 1989
- 1Bounds3 marks
A car covers 530 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 2 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
- 2Factorising Harder Quadratics3 marks
Solve 5x^2 - 23x - 10 = 0.
- 3Velocity Time Graphs2 marks
A train slows steadily from 39 m/s to rest in 10 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
- 4The Cosine Rule3 marks
A triangle has sides of 5 cm and 8 cm with an angle of 50° between them. Work out the third side, to 1 decimal place.
- 5Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 7 red, 4 blue and 3 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
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