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A kitchen sink has a volume of 65.9dm3 . Find how many milliliters of water it would take to completely fill the kitchen sink. Use the table of conversion facts, as needed.

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Answer:

65,900 mL

Explanation:

You want to know the volume in mL of a sink with a volume of 65.9 dm³.

Conversion

The relation between dm³ and mL is ...

1 dm³ = 1000 mL . . . . . . . . . . also, 1 L (liter)

Application

Multiplying the above relation by 65.9, we have ...

65.9 dm³ = 65,900 mL

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Additional comment

For many problems involving volumes in liters and dimensions in centimeters or meters, it can be convenient to convert the dimensions to decimeters (dm). Since 1 dm³ = 1 L, that can make the desired volume easily calculated.

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