QUESTION 1: TRANSPORT Mr Dlamini transport people between Butterworth and East London using a bus which has a capacity of 100 pe
ople. The transport charge starts with a minimum charge of R8 and thereafter it was increased by R2 for each kilometre. On a particular day the bus was full with passengers from Butterworth. In each and every kilometre there was a passenger getting off while no new passenger entered in the bus. Mr Dlamini was calculating total money in his hand after each passenger was getting out. The total amount he has after each stop can be written as a series as follows: S. = 8 + 10 + 12 + 14 +... Use the series to calculate the following questions 1.1 (1) Term 2 (T2) = Sum of first two terms (S2) (2) (ii) Express T2 in terms of S, and S2. (1)
From the series, it can be deduced that the sum of the first two terms will be 18.
<h3>How to calculate the series</h3>
From the information given, it was stated that the transport charge starts with a minimum charge of R8 and thereafter it was increased by R2 for each kilometre.
The series is also given as S. = 8 + 10 + 12 + 14 +... Therefore, the sum of the first twoterms will be:
= 8 + 10
= 18
Expressing T2 in terms of S, and S2 will be T2 = S + S2.
