NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE GRADE 12 MATHEMATICAL LITERACY P1 NOVEMBER 2011 MARKS: 150 TIME: 3 hours This question paper consists of 15 pages and 1 annexure. Copyright reserved Please turn over Mathematical Literacy/P1 2 NSC DBE/November 2011 INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION 1. 2. This question paper consists of SIX questions. Answer ALL the questions. Answer QUESTION 6.1.3 and QUESTION 6.1.4 on the attached ANNEXURE. Write your centre number and examination number in the
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that the risk-free interest rate is 10% per annum with continuous compounding and that the dividend yield on a stock index is 4% per annum. The index is standing at 400‚ and the futures price for a contract deliverable in four months is 405. What arbitrage opportunities does this create? Problem 5.14. The two-month interest rates in Switzerland and the United States are 2% and 5% per annum‚ respectively‚ with continuous compounding. The spot price of the Swiss franc is $0.8000.
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Density: Using Experimental Techniques to Solve an Inquiry based problem ABSTRACT The topic of this experiment is Density. The objective is to find two ways in which the density of a given object can be determined‚ and to find out which of the two ways is more accurate and hence better to use in such a case. The two methods used in this experiment are finding the dimensions of the object and water displacement. These are two ways of finding the volume of an object‚ and they were chosen since
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holding the highest pricings compared to other continents. The second issue concerns global market reactions to these unusually higher values of silver in China which lead to the arbitrage trade‚ which is the value of a product being unusually higher than other areas which have a cheaper value for the product. But this arbitrage issue is crucial and nontrivial when placed in the context of monetary and trade history at the global level. (#2 p.396) There
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Futures contract In finance‚ a futures contract is a standardized contract between two parties to exchange a specified asset of standardized quantity and quality for a price agreed today (the futures price or the strike price) but with delivery occurring at a specified future date‚ the delivery date. The contracts are traded on a futures exchange. The party agreeing to buy the underlying asset in the future‚ the "buyer" of the contract‚ is said to be "long"‚ and the party agreeing to sell the asset
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populations II. Triangular Trade Triangular : Trade between the Americas‚ Europe and Arica Plantations : large farms that produced crops for sale (also known as “cash crops”) A. Africans Enslaved Plantations required huge numbers of workers who labored long hours The first enslaved Africans arrived I the Americas in 1517 Europeans constructed a cruel system to supply slaves to the Americas Slaves were regarded as property. B. Middle passage Part of triangular trade Africans
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long and weighed 80 tons. The other ships were giant and very big unlike the caravel which was small and not used in battle or war in any way. Body 1; the caravel was made to go faster than the normal ships with the square sails instead of the triangular sails which made it go faster during the Spanish conquest of the Americas. It also helped get the trading goods‚ fast and easy when it was in use‚ and that helped Christopher Columbus during the Spanish conquest. The crew wouldn’t
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strategy brought the bank to its ultimate collapse in Feb 1994. Throughout his tenure from 1992 to early 1995‚ the star-trader-turnedrogue‚ Nick Leeson‚ was consistently misleading the senior management to believe that his entire strategy was based on arbitrage between Simex and Osaka stock exchanges. It turned out he was taking leveraged bets on the Japanese Index‚ Nikkei 225. A single event‚ Kobe earthquake on January 1995‚ a black swan event of a kind‚ triggered the index to fall by 1‚000 points‚ the
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Britain attempted to control through mercantilism and tried to increase tax on colonies‚ which resulted in the resistance from colonies. This eventually led to the outbreak of fighting to declare independence. The Britains believed in achieving a favorable balance of trade‚ they wanted the colonies to be prosperous because they wanted all of the exports to come straight to Britain and for the other colonies to receive a small portion of goods. Britain wanted to make as much money as possible out
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Executive Summary Globalisation can be viewed at the country‚ industry‚ or firm level‚ according to Anthony Giddens‚ a sociologist‚ globalisation is defined as “the worldwide interconnection at the cultural‚ political and economic level resulting from the elimination of communication and trade barriers” Introduction Every organisation dreams to be multinational enterprises (MNEs)‚ and if it’s not the global environment is forcing companies regardless of their location or primary market base
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