Question

You purchased 18.000 milliliters of juice. Juice costs $2 per liter. The cashier

ays you owe $12,000 for the juice, but you know that is not correct. Look at
the cashier's work and figure out how much you should pay. Explain what
he cashier did wrong.
18,000 + 3 = 6,000 liters
6,000 liters x $2 = $12,000

Answer 1

cashier needed to divide by 1000, not 3.

Explanation:

there are 1000ml in one liter. in order to find the amount of liters, youd have to divide the milliliters by 1000. its only after then that you can multiply by $2. answer would be $36