Question

An aquarium tank holds 475 liters of water. How much is this in gallons? Use the following conversion: 1 gallon is 3.8 liters.

Answer 1

well, we know 1 gallon is 3.8 liters, how much is 475 liters in gallons then?


`\bf \begin{array}{ccll} gallons&liters\\ \text{\textemdash\textemdash\textemdash}&\text{\textemdash\textemdash\textemdash}\\ 1&3.8\\ g&475 \end{array}\implies \cfrac{1}{g}=\cfrac{3.8}{475}\implies \cfrac{1\cdot 475}{3.8}=g`

Answer 2

125 Gallons

Explanation:

An aquarium tank hold number of liters of water= 475 liters

We have to convert above following equation that is given in liters into gallons

As per given information,

it is given that,

1 gallon= 3.8 liters

similarly, 1 liters= 1÷ 3.8 gallon

475 liters= 475÷ 3.8 gallon

475 liters= 125 gallons

Hence, the correct answer is 125 gallons