Question

A car travels 240 kilometers on a 20 liters fuel. How many liters of fuel is needed to travel 600 kilometers. is it INVERSE PROPORTION or DIRECT PROPORTION ( show full working pls )

Answer 1

50L

Explanation:

Given ,

A car travels 240 km on 20 L of petrol

To Find -

How many Litres of petrol is needed to travel 600 Km

Now,

If Car travels 240 km in 20 L of petrol

Then,

The car travels 1 km in 20/240 L of petrol.

Then,

Petrol needed to travel 600 km

20/240 × 600

20/24 × 60

20/4 × 10

5 × 10

= 50 L

Hence, 50 L of petrol is needed to travel 600 km.

Answer 2

4800 liters fuel to travel 600 kilometers