Question

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A car runs 9 km using 1 litre of petrol. How much distance will it cover in $3\frac{2}{3}$ litres o petrol?
(a) 36 km
(b) 33 km
(c) $2\frac{5}{11}$ km
(d) 22 km

Answer 1

(b) 33 km
Distance covered by the car on $3\frac{2}{3}$ L of petrol = $\left(9\times 3\frac{2}{3}\right)$ km
= $\left(9\times \frac{11}{3}\right)$ km
= (3 $\times$ 11) km = 33 km