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A car uses a litre of petrol to travel 4km. How many litres will it use to travel 32 kilometres.

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Given that,

A car uses a litre of petrol to travel 4 km.

To find,

How many litres will it use to travel 32 kilometres.

Solution,

We have,

1 litre = 4 km

or

1 km = (1/4) litre

Let it will use x litres to travel 32 km.

32 km = (32/4) litres

= 8 litres

Hence, 8 litres it will use to travel 32 km.

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