Bontle owns a four-storey building with eight similar apartments, which she rents out - NSC Mathematical Literacy - Question 5 - 2024 - Paper 2

To find missing value A:

From the layout plan and given dimensions,

• The width of the building is 58 feet.
• Each apartment segment consists of 2 rooms and a bathroom, summing to a total width of value A.

Assuming two apartments take up the width, Value A = (Total width - (Width of bathrooms)) / 2 = (58 - 14) / 2 = 22 feet.

One valid reason is that the apartments have minimal walls separating the kitchen, dining, and living areas, promoting a spacious and interconnected environment.

A common feature found in each of the bathrooms is a shower.

The number 3B signifies that the apartment is located on the third floor and may indicate its particular unit among the apartments.

To convert meters to feet, 1 m = 3.2808399 feet,

dividing 17.6784 m by this conversion factor gives:

$ext{Conversion Factor} = 17.6784 imes 3.2808399 = 57.99999...$

So, rounded to THREE decimal places, the conversion factor is approximately 58.000 feet.

Next, to find the exterior width of the building in meters, we convert the width back:

• Exterior width in feet = 58 feet
• Convert back to meters: ext{Exterior width in m} = rac{58}{3.2808399} ext{m}