- Show all the steps of your working and give your reasons clearly. Give a proper conclusion to your answers where applicable.
Question 1
Write the repeating decimal number 3,142 as an improper fraction.
Question 2
2.1 A father is four times as old as his daughter. In 6 years he will be three times as old as she is then. How old is the daughter now?
2.2 The distance between two towns \( A \) and \( B \), is \( 90 \mathrm{~km} \). John cycles from \( A \) to \( B \) whereas Harry cycles from \( B \) to \( A \). They start cycling towards cach other at the same time. John cycles twice as fast as Harry does. If they meet 2 hours later, at what average speed is each cyclist traveling? (8)
2.3 The area covered by water weed on a dam increases exponentially according to the formula
\[
A=A_{0} e^{k t},
\]
where \( A \) is the area, in square metres, covered by weed after \( t \) days. The initial area \( A_{0} \) of water weed is \( 200 \mathrm{~m}^{2} \). After 10 days the area is \( 300 \mathrm{~m}^{2} \).
(a) Determine the value of \( k \). Leave your answer in terms of \( \ln \).
(b) Use the formula above, and the value of \( k \) in terms of \( \ln \), to determine the area covered by water weed after 30 days.
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