Question

A jet plane can carry up to 200,000 liters of fuel. It used 130,000 liters of fuel during a flight. What percentage of the fuel capacity did it use on this flight? Do not include the percent sign (%) in your answer.

Answer 1

Given:

Capacity of jet plane = 200,000 liters of fuel

Fuel used during flight = 130,000 liters

To find:

The percentage of the fuel capacity it uses on this flight.

Solution:

According to the question, we need to find 130,000 is what percent of 200,000.

$\text{Required percentage}=\dfrac{\text{Fuel used during flight}}{\text{Capacity of jet plane}}\times 100$

$\text{Required percentage}=\dfrac{130000}{200000}\times 100$

$\text{Required percentage}=65$

Therefore, the jet plane uses 65 percent of fuel capacity during flight.