An advertisement for a fish tank says the volume of the tank is 32 gallons. You want to know the volume of the tank in liters.Find this by completing the parts below.(a) Let x be the unknown number of liters. Using the values below, create a proportion that can be used to find x. Use the conversion =1 gallon3.8 liters.Values: x 1 3.8 32 _____ = _____ (b) Use the proportion from part (a) to find the volume of the tank in liters. Do not round any computations.liters
Question
An advertisement for a fish tank says the volume of the tank is 32 gallons. You want to know the volume of the tank in liters.Find this by completing the parts below.(a) Let x be the unknown number of liters. Using the values below, create a proportion that can be used to find x. Use the conversion =1 gallon3.8 liters.Values: x 1 3.8 32 _____ = _____ (b) Use the proportion from part (a) to find the volume of the tank in liters. Do not round any computations.liters
Solution
(a) The proportion can be set up as follows:
x/32 = 3.8/1
This proportion states that the unknown number of liters (x) over 32 gallons is equal to 3.8 liters over 1 gallon.
(b) To find the volume of the tank in liters, you can solve for x in the proportion:
x = 32 * 3.8
x = 121.6
So, the volume of the tank is 121.6 liters.
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