Question

jules reads that 1pint is equivalent to 0.473 he ask his teacher how many liters are in a pint his teacher say there are about 0.47 liters in a pint he asks his parents and they say there are about 0.5 liters in a pint jules say they both correct how can that be true

Answer 1

It has to do with rounding.

If you round .473 to nearest hundredth it is .47

If you round the number to tenths it is .5.

So everyone is correct