Dimensional Analysis question? Suppose that you have a bunch of friends coming o

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Dimensional Analysis question?

Suppose that you have a bunch of friends coming over, and you want to check on your supply of orange uice. You have a full gallon of orange juice in the refrigerator, so how many glasses of orange juice will you be able to pour? You know that each of your glasses holds 250 mL. The gallon of orange juice has the words "1 gallon (3.785 L)" printed on the label. You also remember from chemistry class that 1 L is equal to 1000 mL Arrange the starting quantity and the defined proportions so that the units cancel to give us our target quantity. Then solve the problem. Number glasses of OJ glasses of OJ 3.785 mL of OJ 16 250 gallons of OJ 1000L of OJ fl oz of OJ Previous O Check Answer (0 Next Exit

Explanation / Answer

1 gallon = 3.785 litres

Now as

1 litres = 1000 mL

3.785 litres = 3785 mL

1 glass = 250 mL

Therefore total number of glass = 3785/250 = 15.14 glasses of Orange Juice

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