Question

A sack contains 48kg of rice . How many sacks are required to fill11040kg of rice ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

230

$\frac{11040}{48}$

=230

Answer 2

Answer: 48 kg of rice = 1 sack of rice

11040 kg of rice = ?

Let the unknown number of sacks be x

48 : 1 :: 11040 : x

Product of Means = 1 X 11040

Product of Extremes = 48x

48x = 1 X 11040

x = 1 X 11040 / 48

x = 230

Therefore, 230 sacks are required to fill 11040 kg of rice