Question

The dimensions of a car petrol tank are $50$ cm $\times 32$ cm $\times 24$ cm, which is full of petrol. If car's average consumption is $15$ km per litre, find the maximum distance that can be covered by the car.

• A. $576$ km
• B. $500$ km
• C. $543$ km
• D. $567$ km

Answer 1

The correct option is A $576$ km

To find the capacity of the petrol tank, we have to find the volume of the tank.
Volume of a car petrol tank $=$ $lbh$
With the given measurements, we get
$V=$ $50$ cm $\times 32$ cm$\times 24$ cm
$=$ $38400$ ${cm}^3$
As $1$ litre $=1000$ ${cm}^3$
So, $38400$ ${cm}^3$ $=$ $\frac{38400}{1000}$ $=38.4$ Lts of petrol
The quantity of petrol in the tank is $38.4$ Lts.
As given, the average consumption of the petrol is $15$ kms/ Lts.
The maximum distance which can be covered by the car $=38.4$ $\times$ $15=576$ kms.