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14 April, 11:42

The capacity of a petrol tank is 80 litres. If it initially contains 5 litres and a petrol pump fills it at 3 litres per 10 seconds, find: a the amount of fuel in the tank after 2 minutes b how long it will take to fill the tank to 32 litres c how long it will take to fill the tank.

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  1. 14 April, 11:59
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    A. 41 litres

    B. 83.33 seconds

    C. 250 seconds

    Step-by-step explanation:

    From the given dа ta:

    The capacity of a petrol tank = 80 litres

    Litres of petrol that was initially in the tank = 5 litres

    Petrol pump fills at = 3 litres per 10 seconds

    A. To find the amount of fuel in the tank after 2 minutes

    Let the amount of fuel in the tank after 2 minutes be x

    60 seconds make 1 minute

    There are 120 seconds in 2 minutes

    If, 3 litres = 10 seconds

    x litres = 120 seconds

    x litres = (120 X 3) / 10

    x litres = 36 litres

    There will be 36 litres pumped after 2 minutes

    So the amount of fuel in the tank will be, the initial litres in the tank + litres pumped after 2 minutes

    Which is, 5 litres + 36 litres = 41 litres

    B. To find how long it will take to fill the tank to 32 litres,

    Implies, an additional 25 litres is required to be added to the initial 5 litres of petrol in the tank

    3 litres = 10 seconds

    25 litres = x seconds

    x seconds = (10 X 25) / 3

    x seconds = 83.33 seconds

    83.33 seconds is required to fill the tank to 32 litres

    C. To find how long it will take to fill the tank.

    Since the tank capacity is 80 litres, and it has an initial fuel of 5 litres, an additional 75 litres is required to fill the tank

    If, 3 litres = 10 seconds

    To get an additional 75 litres = (75 / 3) X 10 seconds = 250 seconds

    Therefore, 250 seconds is required to fill the tank
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