ANNEXURE A shows the floor plan of Jan's house, with a veranda*, in South Africa - NSC Mathematical Literacy - Question 2 - 2021 - Paper 2
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ANNEXURE A shows the floor plan of Jan's house, with a veranda*, in South Africa.
*A veranda, also known as a porch or 'stoep', is an open area with a roof over it.... show full transcript
Worked Solution & Example Answer:ANNEXURE A shows the floor plan of Jan's house, with a veranda*, in South Africa - NSC Mathematical Literacy - Question 2 - 2021 - Paper 2
Step 1
2.1 Write down the number of bedrooms on the floor plan.
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There are 3 bedrooms in the floor plan.
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2.2 Which room will be the first room you will enter from the veranda?
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The first room you will enter from the veranda is the living room.
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2.3 In which general direction does the master bedroom window face?
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The master bedroom window faces North East.
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2.4 One of the door locks needs to be changed.
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The probability that it is NOT one of the interior doors can be represented as ( P_{not , interior} = \frac{2}{6} = \frac{1}{3} ).
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2.5 Jan remarked that the kitchen gets a lot of sunlight.
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Jan is incorrect. The kitchen is located on the southern side of the house, which typically does not receive much sunlight in South Africa due to the sun’s path.
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2.6 Give ONE reason why the windows shown in the above drawing do NOT represent the windows of the kitchen and the dining room.
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The drawing does not show the kitchen windows correctly as it has other rooms and does not represent the structure as per the actual layout.
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2.7.1 Write the given scale in number scale format.
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The number scale format for the given scale is 1:100.
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2.7.2 Measure the inner length of bedroom 2 and use the given scale to calculate the actual length (in m) of bedroom 2.
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The inner length of bedroom 2 is measured to be 4.4 cm using the scale. To calculate the actual length, we convert this as follows:
[
\text{Actual length} = 4.4 , \text{cm} \times 100 , \text{cm} = 440 , \text{cm} = 4.4 , \text{m}
]
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2.7.3 Jan stated that the given scale is NOT very accurate to use if photocopies were going to be made of the plan.
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Jan's statement is valid because photocopying can distort the scale, leading to inaccuracies in measurement.
