document.write( "Question 1110034: The increasing block tariffs per month for residential electricity for the 2016/2017 financial year are given
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document.write( "below. The tariffs do not include VAT.\r
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document.write( "Domestic supply / Usage in kWh Rand per kWh (kilowatt hour)
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document.write( "0-100 kWh / R1,3032
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document.write( "101-400 kWh / R1,5250
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document.write( "401-650 kWh / R1,6610
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document.write( "More than 650kWh / R1,79\r
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document.write( "What will the electricity bill (without VAT) be for a month in which a household uses 600 kWh of electricity?\r
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document.write( "options of answers \r
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document.write( "[1] R996,00
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document.write( "[2] R2 693,52
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document.write( "[3] R920,02
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document.write( "[4] R1 072,52\r
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document.write( "If a 0-100kWh is = 1,3032
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document.write( "therefore 600 times 1,3032 = 781,92
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document.write( "with out VAT IT will be 114 devided by 100
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document.write( "1,14 times 781, 92 giving me 891,388 which does not match the options above.
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document.write( "please assist \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #725042 by rothauserc(4718)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! the household used 600 kWh \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "100 kWh at R1,3032 per kWh = R130,32 \n" ); document.write( "300 kWh at R1,5250 per kWh = R457,5 \n" ); document.write( "200 kWh at R1,6610 per kWh = R332,2 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Total is R920,02 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Answer is 3 \n" ); document.write( " |