Use TABLE 3 above to answer the questions that follow - NSC Mathematical Literacy - Question 2 - 2017 - Paper 1

The single bus fare of R350.00 is between Grahamstown and King William's Town.

Let the cost from Port Elizabeth to City X be denoted as $x$. Based on the total fare of R755:

$x + 435 = 755$

Solving for $x$:

$x = 755 - 435 = 320$

Thus, the cost from Port Elizabeth to City X is R320.

City X is Grahamstown, as the fare from Port Elizabeth to Grahamstown is R320.

To find the cost excluding VAT, let $y$ be the price without VAT:

$y + 0.14y = 365$

This implies:

$1.14y = 365$

Therefore:

$y = \frac{365}{1.14} \approx R320.18$

The cost excluding VAT is approximately R320.18.

Lindiwe travels from Queenstown to Bloemfontein and back once a month. The total round trip fare is:

$395 + 435 = 830$

Thus, her annual traveling cost is:

$830 \times 12 = R9960$

Lindiwe's total traveling cost for ONE year is R9960.