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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster that occurred in 2010, leaked an average of 2

barrels of oil per minute. If every 1 barrel = 31.5 gallons and it leaked for 87 days.
How many gallons of oil leaked into the Gulf of Mexico? (i.e. gallons per 87 days)

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3,846,320 gallons in 87 days.
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