Exercise 9 5: End of chapter exercises

1. a) 16%
b) 81,5%
2. 4,69 machine hours
3. a) y = 86 893,33 + 3497,14x
b) R 111 373,31, R 114 870,45.
c) 13 months
4. a) y = 601,28 + 3,59x
b) r=0,86. Strong, positive, linear.
c) 528 burgers
d) R 2360,38
5. a)
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
150
155
160
165
170
175
180
Biceps length (cm)
H
e
ig
h
t
(c
m
)
b) y = 77,32 + 3,47x
c)
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
150
155
160
165
170
175
180
Biceps length (cm)
H
e
ig
h
t
(c
m
)
d) r = 0,85
e) strong, positive, linear
6. a) Yes, r = 0,98
b) 11
7. a)
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20
25
30
35
40
Average no. of units of electricity
P
e
a
k
te
m
p
e
r
a
tu
r
e
(
C
)
b) y = 11,36 + 0,61x
c) 0,96
d) Very strong, positive, linear
e) 55 units, extrapolation
f) quadratic
g) temperature = 16,54, units = 9,44
8. a)
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0
10 000
20 000
30 000
40 000
50 000
CO2 emissions per capita (tonnes)
G
D
P
p
e
r
c
a
p
ita
($
)
b) y = 2500x + 1000 - learner answer may
vary
c) y = 1134,00 + 2393,74x
d) r = 0,85
e) strong, positive, linear
f) 0,24 tonnes
9. a)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
50
60
70
80
90
100
Number of Saturdays absent
F
in
a
l
m
a
r
k
(a
s
%
)
b)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
50
60
70
80
90
100
Number of Saturdays absent
F
in
a
l
m
a
r
k
(a
s
%
)
c) r = 0,87
d) The greater the number of Saturdays absent,
the lower the mark.
e) 72%
10. a)
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90
95
100
105
110
115
120
125
Week
T
im
e
(in
m
in
u
te
s
)
b) Both data sets show negative, linear trends.
The trend in Grants data appears to be
more rapidly decreasing than the trend in
Christies data.
c)
1 2 3 4 5 6
90
95
100
105
110
115
120
125
Week
T
i
m
e
(
i
n
m
i
n
u
t
e
s
)
d)
e) No
f) ninth week
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