Question

An agricultural company called Phatsima Pty. Ltd. owns an rectangular fuel tank that measures 75 cm by 65 cm by 30 cm.

How many millilitres of fuel are needed to fill their tank?
If the fuel price is R20.35 per liter. How much will it cost to fill half of their tank?
Choose an option below that has both answers correct.


a.
1. 146 250.00 ml and 2. R 1 488.10


b.
1. 150 000.00 ml and 2. R 2 976.19


c.
1. 73 125.00 ml and 2. R 1 488.10


d.
1. 146 250.00 ml and 2. R 2 000.00

Answer 1

I believe that A is the answer. We can solve this by multiplying 75cm, 65cm and 30cm together. This would give us 146,250.00ml. We can then divide 146,250.00 by 1000 to receive 146.25. We then divide 146.25 by 2 to calculate how many litres there are in half a tank. This would result in 73.125. After that, we multiple 73.125 by the cost of the fuel, which is R20.35. We then receive R 1,480.09375, which can be rounded to R 1,480.10