Question

a scooter consumes 2.5 litres of petrol in covering a distance of 85 km.what distance will it cover in 8 litres of petrol

Answer 1

Dist.consumed in 2.5 lts of petrol= 85 km
Dist consumed in 1 lts of petrol= 85 ÷ 2.5 lts = 34 km
Dist covered in 8 lts of petrol = 34 × 8 =272 km ans

Answer 2

Given - Distance covered in 2.5 litres of petrol

Find - Distance covered in 8 litres of petrol

Solution - The distance covered in 2.5 litres of petrol = 85 km

The distance covered in 1 litres of petrol = $\frac{85}{2.5}$

Performing division

The distance covered in 1 litres of petrol = 34 km

Now, the distance covered in 8 litres of petrol = 34*8

Performing multiplication

The distance covered in 8 litres of petrol = 272 km

Hence, the distance covered in 8 litres of petrol is 272 km.