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The prefix 'mili'- means a thousandth. So a mili-liter is a thousandth of a liter. 1 mililiter= 1/1000 liter, How many liters is 1,939 mililiters? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a liter.

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Answer:-
2.0liters .

Solution:- It is correct that mili means a thousandth that is
(1)/(1000) part. We have been given with 1939 mililiters and asked to convert it to liters and round the answer to the nearest tenth of a liter. We do this conversion by using dimensional analysis, a good of showing unit conversions. The set is as shown below:


1939mililiters((1Liter)/(1000mililiters))

=
1.939liters

Now, we round this to the nearest tenth and it becomes
2.0liters .

So, 1939 mililiters equals to 2.0 liters.

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