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A village, having a population of 4000, requires 150 litres water per head per day. It has a tank which is 20 m long, 15 m broad and 6 m high. For how many days will the water of this tank last?

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A village has population of 4000 and every person needs 150 L of water a day. So, the total requirement of water in a day=4000×150 L=600000 LAlso, it is given that the length of the water tank is 20 m. Breadth=15 mHeight=6 mVolume of the tank=length×breadth×height=20×15×6=1800 m3Now, 1 m3=1000 L i.e., 1800 m3=1800×1000 L=1800000 LThe tank has 1800000 L of water in it and the whole village need 600000 L per day. The water in the tank will last for 1800000600000 days, i.e., 3 days.

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