Question

A hybrid car with a 9.80 gal tank consumes gasoline at a rate of 54.1 miles/gal. How many liters of gasoline will be consumed traveling 132 km? (hint: please feel welcome to use a table of useful conversion factors).

The answer is ______ liters.

Answer 1

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Answer:

about 5.74 liters

Explanation:

The conversion factor is about 0.42514370743 km/liter for each mile per gallon. Then ...

(132 km) / ((54.1 mi/gal)×(0.42514370743 km/L)) ≈ 132/23.00 L = 5.74 L

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The exact conversion factors are ...

1 mi = 1.609344 km

1 gal = 3.785411784 L

The conversion to from mi/gal to km/L is exactly 48000/112903.