Question

A oil can contains 16 litres of oil. Due to leakage 2 litres of oil is lost. What percentage of oil is lost?

Answer 1

total oil in the can = 16 litres

oil lost = 2 litres

$\text{Percentage of oil lost}= \frac{\text{oil lost}}{\text{total oil}} \times 100\\ \\ \Rightarrow \text{Percentage of oil lost} = \frac{2}{16} \times 100 \\ \\ \Rightarrow \text{Percentage of oil lost} =12.5$

Percentage of oil lost is 12.5%

Answer 2

As the amount of oil lost is 2 litres,

The percentage of oil lost will be as ........

2/16 ×100 =12.5 %

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