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The diagram shows a partly filled oil tank the depth of oil present in the tank is 1.2m

The diagram shows a partly filled oil tank the depth of oil present in the tank is-example-1
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Answer:

The quantity of oil in the tank is 12,000 liters

Explanation:

Firstly, we find the volume of the tank.

The tank is a cuboid, so we find the volume of a cuboid.

Kindly understand that when finding the volume of the cuboid, we shall not use the height of 3m.

This is because the tank is not full but it is to a height of 1.2m

So mathematically, the volume is calculated as follows;

V = l * b * h

where b = 5m , l = 2m and h = 1.2m

Thus the volume would be ;

V = 5 * 2 * 1.2

V = 12 m^3

But that’s not the quantity of oil.

From the question, 1 cubic meters contains 1000 liters of oil

So 12 cubic meter will contain = 12 * 1000 = 12,000 liters of oil

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