Question

a car consumes 8 litres of petrol in covering a distance of 549 km. how much diesel will be required by the truck to cover a distance of 1650 km? in steps please

Answer 1

24.04 litres

Explanation:

petrol distance

8 549

x 1650

cross multiply.

8 × 1650 = 549 × x

13200 = 549x

549 549

549 cancels 549 leaving x. and what you do to one side of the equation, you have to do to the other side so 13200 divided by 549 is 24.04litres