A truck covers a distance of 510 km in 34 litres of diesel.

Question:

A truck covers a distance of 510 km in 34 litres of diesel. How much distance would it cover in 20 litres of diesel?

Solution:

Let the required distance be x km. Then, we have:

Quantity of diesel (in litres)  34 20
Distance (in km) 510 x

Clearly, the less the quantity of diesel consumed, the less is the distance covered.

So, this is a case of direct proportion.

Now, $\frac{34}{510}=\frac{20}{x}$

$\Rightarrow \frac{1}{15}=\frac{20}{x}$

$\Rightarrow x \times 1=20 \times 15=300$

Therefore, the required distance is 300 km.

 

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