Question

# A generator consumes 2.875 L of diesel per hour. The quantity of diesel required to run the generator for 24 hours is?A) $45L$B) $55L$C) $72L$D) $62L$

Hint:Here, quantity of diesel is given which a generator consumes in 1 hour and quantity of diesel which the generator requires for 24 hours can simply be obtained by multiplication & that product will be the answer to this problem.
Basically, formula applied here is $-{\text{ }}Diesel{\text{ }}consumed{\text{ }}per{\text{ }}hour{\text{ }} \times {\text{ }}No.{\text{ }}of{\text{ }}hours{\text{ }}in{\text{ }}a{\text{ }}day{\text{ }}.$

Given, generator consumes diesel per hour $= 2.875Litres$
To find the quantity of the diesel consumed by the generator we use the formula
$Total{\text{ }}Diesel{\text{ }}Consumed = {\text{ }}Diesel{\text{ }}consumed{\text{ }}per{\text{ }}hour{\text{ }} \times {\text{ }}No.{\text{ }}of{\text{ }}hours{\text{ }}in{\text{ }}a{\text{ }}day{\text{ }}.$
Now we put the value in the formula for getting quantity of diesel required to run the generator for 24 hours we get
= $24 \times 2.875 = 69L$
So, the quantity of the diesel consumed by the generator to run for 24 hours is 69 L.
The correct option is D.