Daily Practice - Higher
29th August 1995
- 1SOHCAHTOA (Trigonometry)3 marks
A right-angled triangle has sides 9 cm, 40 cm and 41 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 9 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
- 2Probability Trees3 marks
A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Work out the probability both are red.
- 3Capture Recapture3 marks
15 beetles are marked and released. Later 77 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 4Surds2 marks
Write sqrt(50) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
- 5Parallel and Perpendicular Lines3 marks
Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 2x + 7 that passes through (5, 21).
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