Question

Angelina put 3000 mm of water in a tub that already has 5 L of water in it. Jackson says the tub now has 35 L of water in it.

Angelina says he is wrong.
Carry out your steps and explain who is correct and why.

Answer 1

After converting 3000 mm of water to liters, we find that the tub contains a total of 8 liters of water (5 L originally in the tub plus 3 L from the 3000 mm added), not 35 liters as Jackson claimed. Angelina is correct.

Step-by-step explanation:

When addressing the question of whether there are 35 L of water in the tub after adding 3000 mm to 5 L, it is important to first convert 3000 mm to liters. One liter is equivalent to 1000 milliliters. To convert millimeters to liters, we need to be aware that 1 mm of water is 1 mL of water since the density of water is 1 g/mL. Hence, 3000 mm of water is actually 3000 mL of water, which is 3 L (since there are 1000 mL in a liter).

After adding 3 L of water to the existing 5 L, the total amount of water in the tub would be 5 L + 3 L = 8 L. Therefore, Jackson's claim that there are 35 L in the tub is incorrect. The correct total is 8 L of water. Angelina is right in saying that Jackson is wrong about the total volume of water in the tub.