Grade 12 Maths · Financial Maths · Paper 1

Finance: Finding the Time Period Grade 12

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Question 7.2 · May/June 2025 · Paper 1 · National (DBE) · 5 marks

7.2 Tino invests

R 500000

in an account earning interest at the rate of

6%

p.a., compounded quarterly. Tino decides to withdraw

R 11250

at the end of every

3

months. Tino will continue making these regular withdrawals until there is no money in the account. How many withdrawals of

R 11250

will Tino be able to make?(5)

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Find an exponent using logsUse logs to find an unknown power, for example solve 2ⁿ = 32 by writing n = log₂ 32 = 5, such as the number of months to save.7 past paper questions · 3 videos

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4. Question 1.1.3 · May/June 2025 · Paper 1 · National (DBE) · 3 marks
1.1 Solve for $x$ :
1.1.3 $2^{x + 4} + 2^{x} = 8704$ (3)
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1. ✓
  Factorise the common exponential term $2^{x} (16 + 1) = 8704$
  1 mark · Take out a common power
2. ✓
  Simplify to a single exponential equation $2^{x} (17) = 8704$
  $2^{x} = 512$
  1 mark · Solve a linear equation
3. ✓
  Solve for x $2^{x} = 2^{9}$
  $x = 9$
  1 mark · Solve an exponential equation

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