PDCB2624 Assignment 2 (2023) (75)

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Question 1 26
Study the data below and answer the questions.

FSC is full storage capacity in million cubic meters. The volume of water is expressed as a % of the full capacity.

Last Last
Dam River FSC This Week
Week Year
Allemanskraal Dam Sand River 174.6 93.1 94 84.5
Armenia Dam Leeu River 13.3 99.1 100 93.6
Bloemhof Dam Vaal River 1243 101 103.1 105.8
Egmont Dam Witspruit River 9.1 99.5 99.5 82.8
Erfenis Dam Groot-Vet River 206.1 96.6 97.4 89.2
Fika-Patso Dam Namahadi River 29.5 81.3 83.8 76.5
Gariep Dam Orange River 4903.5 96.5 97.2 85.5
Groothoek Dam Kgabanyane River 12 94 94.2 85
Kalkfontein Dam Riet River 325.2 102.1 100.6 70
Knellpoort Dam Rietspruit River 130 100.2 100.2 83.3
Koppies Dam Renoster River 42.4 97.7 98.4 87.2
Krugersdrift Dam Modder River 71.5 100.3 101 98.5
Metsi-Matsho Dam Metsi-Matsho River 4.4 56.8 56.8 68.4
Rustfontein Dam Modder River 72.2 93.4 94.2 59.5
Liebenbergsvlei
Saulspoort Dam 15.7 102.7 102.6 100.2
River
Nuwejaarspruit
Sterkfontein Dam 2617 100.1 100.1 100.4
River
Tierpoort Dam Tierpoort River 34 100.8 101 83.4
Vaal Dam Vaal River 2603.5 98.5 99.3 88
Vaalrivier Barrage Vaal River 53.7 97.3 97.3 97.3
Vanderkloof Dam Orange River 3092.4 99.3 99.4 98.3
Welbedacht Dam Caledon River 5.5 80.4 89 97.5

Total 15657.4 98.4 99 92.2

 Answer the questions below. (26)

1 How many rivers are feeding dams in the Free State? (2)

2 What is the volume of water in dams feed by the Vaalriver this week? (6)

3 Give the average volume of water in Free State dams last year?(4)

4 How much water in million cubic meters are hosted in dams been fed by the Modder River ?
(3)
Question 2

2.1
5 What is the total in million cubic meters of water that can be stored in dams?(2)
2.2
6 Which is the smallest dam in the Free State?(2)

7 Which dam got the most million cube meter of water this week? (2)

8 Which dam in the Modder River has the biggest volume of water last week? (5)

Study the graph and answer the questions below 14

2.1 What is the graphs all about? (4)
2.2 Which country has the most mobile phones? (2)

2.3 Which country has the least number of landlines? (2)

2.4 Compare the country’s type of phones used? (6)

Question 3 11
Use the linear equation below and complete the table -4x – 2y = 8. Use the table to draw the graph.

x -2 -1 0 3 6

Question 4 13
Write the equation and use the intercept method and draw the graph going through the following two points (-3,2)
and (6, -4)
Question 5 11
A particular leg bone of a fossil has a mean of 150 with a standard deviation of 2.5 cm. What is the z-score that
corresponds to a length of 155 cm and 149 cm.