A container holds 34,065 millimliters of water. Determine how many gallons of water are in the container if one gallon equals about 3,785 milliliters.

Question

Determine the proportion to use to solve this problem.

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Question 2
How many gallons are in the container in this situation?(1 point)
Responses

128,936,025
128,936,025

0.9
0.9

9
9

37,850
37,850
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Answer 1

To determine how many gallons of water are in the container, we start with the given information:

• The container holds 34,065 milliliters of water.
• One gallon equals about 3,785 milliliters.

Question 1: Determine the proportion to use to solve this problem.

The proportion we can use is:

\[ \text{Gallons} = \frac{\text{Milliliters}}{\text{Milliliters per gallon}} \]

Substituting the values:

\[ \text{Gallons} = \frac{34,065 \text{ mL}}{3,785 \text{ mL/gallon}} \]

Question 2: How many gallons are in the container in this situation?

Now let's calculate the number of gallons:

\[ \text{Gallons} = \frac{34,065}{3,785} \approx 9 \]

Thus, there are approximately 9 gallons of water in the container.

Responses:

The correct answer is 9 gallons.