Use the ratio 1 gallon equals about 3,785 milliliters. A container holds 34,065 milliliters. How many gallons does the container hold?
To find out how many gallons the container holds, we need to convert the milliliters to gallons using the given ratio.
Given: 1 gallon = 3,785 milliliters
We have: 34,065 milliliters
To convert milliliters to gallons, we divide the given amount of milliliters by the conversion factor (1 gallon = 3,785 milliliters):
34,065 milliliters รท 3,785 milliliters/gallon
This gives us:
8.999736 gallons
Therefore, the container holds approximately 8.999736 gallons.