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Can someone help me to answer this please.

A gallon is a volume of 231 cubic inches. A flow meter connected to a tank measures volume in cubic inches. If the tank has 22 gallons of fluid, how many cubic inches will the flow meter register when the tank is drained through the flow meter?

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All it's asking is: How many cubic inches are there in 22 gallons ? And it already GAVE us the conversion factor !

The conversion factor is . . . . . 1 gallon = 231 cubic inches

Multiply each side by 22: 22 gallons = 22 x (231 cubic inches)

22 x 231 = 5,082

22 gallons = 5,082 cubic inches

If you empty a full 22-gallon tank out through that flow meter, the meter will register 5,082 cubic inches when the tank is empty.


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