Question

Schools have different ways of fund raising. The parents and the SGB of Progress High School agree that each learner should donate an amount to the school. The money is payable during the first month of the year. 1.1 Use TABLE 1 to answer the questions that follow. Write down the donation per leamer. 1.2 TABLE 1: INCOME IN RANDS OF FUND RAISING Number of learners that paid Income (R) 1 200 1.3 1.5 Calculate the missing value A. 10 2 000 20 45 215 4 000 9 000 A [Adapted from original school financial books ] Use TABLE 1 and write down the dependent variable. 1.4 Write the income received from 10 leamers to the income received from 45 learners, in a ratio in its simplest form. (3) (2) (2) (2) have The SGB chairperson claims that if 80% of the leamers paid, the school would raised more than R170 000. There are 1 100 learners enrolled at the school. Verify, by showing ALL calculations, whether his statement is valid. (4)

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Answer 1

Answer: 1.1. The donation per learner cannot be determined from the given table.

1.2. TABLE 1: INCOME IN RANDS OF FUNDRAISING

Number of learners that paid Income (R)

1 200

1.3. To calculate the missing value A, we need to add up all the given incomes and subtract it from the total income for 45 learners, which is 45 x A. Then we can solve for A:

Total income = 200 + 150 + 10(2,000) + 20(45) + A + 4,000 + 9,000

Total income = 45A

45A = 25,150

A = 558.89

Therefore, the missing value A is R558.89.

1.4. The dependent variable in the table is the income received from fundraising.

To find the ratio of income received from 10 learners to income received from 45 learners, we need to divide the income received from 10 learners by the income received from 45 learners and simplify the fraction:

Income from 10 learners = R1,100 (since each learner donates R110)

Income from 45 learners = R215

Ratio = Income from 10 learners : Income from 45 learners

= 1,100 : 215

= 20 : 3 (in its simplest form)

The total number of learners enrolled at the school is 1,100. If 80% of the learners paid, then the number of learners who paid is:

80% of 1,100 = 0.8 x 1,100 = 880 learners

The minimum income that the school can raise if 80% of the learners paid is when each of the 880 learners paid the minimum donation, which is R150:

Minimum income = 880 x 150 = R132,000

Since R132,000 is less than R170,000, the SGB chairperson's statement is not valid.

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