At the end of each year, a driver records how many kilometres they have driven - OCR - GCSE Maths - Question 6 - 2023 - Paper 6
Question 6
At the end of each year, a driver records how many kilometres they have driven.
In 2021, they drove 18% more kilometres than in 2020.
In 2022, they drove 25% more k... show full transcript
Worked Solution & Example Answer:At the end of each year, a driver records how many kilometres they have driven - OCR - GCSE Maths - Question 6 - 2023 - Paper 6
Step 1
Calculate the number of kilometres driven in 2021.
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Answer
To find the number of kilometres driven in 2021, we know that it is 18% more than the number driven in 2020. Since we found that 2800 km was driven in 2020, we calculate:
extKilometresdrivenin2021=2800+(0.18×2800)=2800+504=3304 km.
