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

Answer 1

To determine how many gallons of water are in the container, we can set up a proportion using the conversion factor between milliliters and gallons.

1. Proportion to use:

   We know that 1 gallon is approximately 3,785 milliliters. Therefore, to find out how many gallons are in 34,065 milliliters, we can use the following proportion:

   \[ \text{gallons} = \frac{\text{milliliters}}{3,785 \text{ milliliters/gallon}} \]

2. Calculating gallons:

   Now we can plug in the value for milliliters:

   \[ \text{gallons} = \frac{34,065 \text{ milliliters}}{3,785 \text{ milliliters/gallon}} \approx 9 \]

   Thus, the number of gallons of water in the container is approximately 9 gallons.

Question 1

The proportion to use to solve this problem is: \(\text{gallons} = \frac{\text{milliliters}}{3,785}\)

Question 2

The number of gallons in the container is approximately: 9