Question

Two tankers contain 1482 litres and 779 litres of petrol respectively. Find the maximum capacity of the container which can measure the petrol of either tanker in exact number of litres

Answer 1

Given:

Two tankers contain 1482 litres and 779 litres of petrol respectively.

To find:

Find the maximum capacity of the container which can measure the petrol of either tanker in exact number of litres

Solution:

The capacity of required container will be obtained by finding the HCF of the capacity of tankers.

Factors of 1482 are: 1 , 2 , 3 , 6 , 13 , 19 , 26 , 38 , 39 , 57 , 78 , 114 , 247 , 494 , 741 , 1482.

Factors of 779 are: 1 , 19 , 41 , 779.

Highest Common factors of 1482 and 779 = 19

The container which can measure petrol of either tank exactly must be of 19 litres.