Question

Sally consumed 2.5 gallons of water in one day. How many milliliters are equal to 2.5 gallons, if 1 liter = 1,000 milliliters and 1 gallon = 3.785 liters?

Answer 1

there are 9463.53 milliliters in 2.5 gallons of water.

Answer 2

9,462,5 milimiters.

Explanation:

In order to be able to calculate how many milimeters there are in 2.5 gallons of water we just have to convert the units, so we first have to convert from gallons to liters, there are 3.785 liters in each gallon, so we just do the convertion:

`(1 gallon)/(3.785 liters)=(2.5 gallons)/(x)`

If we clear the x we get:

`x=((3.785 liters)(2.5gallons))/(1 gallon)`

`x=((9.4625 liters*gallons))/(1 gallon)`

`x=9.4625 liters`

Now we just ocnvert to mililiters, since there are 1000 mililiters in a liter we just multiply:

`(1 liter)/(1000mililiter)=(9.462liters)/(x)`

`x=((9.4625 liters)(1000mililiter))/(1 liter)`

`x=9462.5 mililiters}`