Question

A ship will use 1/6 of its total fuel supply for a typical round strip. If there is 5/8 of a total fuel supply on board, how many round trips can the ship make

Answer 1

If there is 5/8 of a total fuel supply on board, the ship can make 6 round trips

Solution:

Let the number of the round trips the ships make be "n"

Now, according to question in one trip the ship consumes $\frac{1}{6}$ of its total fuel supply which is given to be $\frac{5}{8}$

Fuel supply used in "1" trip = $\frac{1}{6} \times \frac{5}{8}$

Now fuel supply used for "n" trip is given as:

$n \times \frac{1}{6} \times \frac{5}{8}=\frac{5}{8}$

$n = 6$

Hence the ship can make 6 round trips