Question

8. A car runs 16 km using 1 litre of petrol. How much distance will it cover in
2 1/5 litres of petrol?​

Answer 1

♚Question:

A car runs 16 km using 1 litre of petrol. How much distance will it cover in 2 1/5 litres of petrol?

♚Answer:

↬Given,

$⇢\large{ \sf{ 1 \: litre \: of \: petrol = 16 \: km}} \\ ⇢ \large{ \sf{ \: let \: \: 2 \frac{1}{5} litres = x \: km}} \\ \\ \large{ \sf{ \star{ \: \: 2 \frac{1}{5} = \frac{11}{5} litres}}} \\ \\ ⇢\large{ \sf{ \frac{11}{5} l = \frac{11}{5} \times 16 \: km}} \\ \large{ \sf{ \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: = \frac{176}{5} \: km }} \\ \large{ \sf{ \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: = 35 \frac{1}{5} km}} \\ \large{ \sf{ \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \boxed{ \red{ = 35.2 \: km}}}}$

♚So Final Answer:

$\huge{ \boxed{ \bold{ \green{35.2 \: km}}}}$