Question

a village having a population of 4000, requires 150 litres of water per head per day. it has a tank measuring 20m x 15m x 6m. for how many days will the water of this tank last?

Answer 1

The water will last for 3 days

Solution:

Given that, village having a population of 4000, requires 150 litres of water per head per day

Let us first find the volume of tank

The tank measuring 20m x 15m x 6m

Length = 20 m

Breadth = 15 m

Height = 6 m

$volume\ of\ tank = length \times breadth \times height$

$Volume\ of\ tank = 20 \times 15 \times 6 = 1800$

Thus volume of tank is 1800 cubic meter

From given,

Water required per person per day = 150 liters

Therefore, water required for 4000 people per day is:

$\rightarrow 4000 \times 150 = 600000 \text{ liters }$

Convert to meters

$600000 \text{ liters } = 600000 \times \frac{1}{1000}\ m^3\\\\600000 \text{ liters } = 600\ m^3$

How many days will the water of this tank last?

$\text{Number of days water will last } = \frac{\text{volume of tank}}{\text{total water required per day}}$

$\text{Number of days water will last } = \frac{1800}{600} = 3$

Thus the water will last for 3 days