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.