2006-09-09 08:45:29 · 5 answers · asked by Nurse2b 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
3.7854 l per US gallon (or 0.26 US gallons per liter)
4.546 l per Imperial gallon (or 0.22 Imp gallons per liter)
You will have to figure out which gallon you are using. If its US, your answer is 11.36 liters and if its Imperial your answer is 13.64 liters. Just multiply your gallons by the correct conversion and presto - you've got your answer in liters!
The only confusing thing about this is that you have to know which kind of gallon you are using, as on a world-wide basis, they are probably about equally common. There is actually a third gallon - the US dry gallon - but that is rather rare so I doubt that's what you are using. I suppose that is one of the reasons the entire world - except the US - uses the metric system, where all the conversion factors are multiples of 10. Much easier to use.
Gallons and liters are measurements of volume, as are fluid ounces, cubic feet, barrels, pints, milliliters and cubic centimeters. Each unit is a defined size, and therefore each unit of volume has a specific ratio to another unit of volume. That's no different than units of time, length, mass, torque, pressure, etc. To convert from one unit to another, multiply the correct conversion factor.
This is so simple, there are hundreds of web sites and books that could give you this, even a dictionary or your local phone book has those basic conversions. My favorite for more complex and less common conversions is "Pocket Ref" by Thomas J. Glover, ISBN 1-885071-33-7, Sequoia Publishing.
2006-09-09 08:46:55 · answer #1 · answered by minefinder 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by approximation or by approximately 4 liters is equals to 1 gallon. so 3 gallon is multiplied by 4litters per gallon is equals to 12 liters.
2006-09-09 09:09:46 · answer #2 · answered by sonnyvillabert 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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You have the fish , err, the specific answer from other answerers.
2006-09-09 09:00:11 · answer #3 · answered by albert 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
very quickly 12
4 litres per gallon good for guesstimate
2006-09-09 08:52:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.teaching-english-in-japan.net/conversion/gallons
However, just to be quick about it:
3.00 gallons US equal 11.36 litres
2006-09-09 08:51:52 · answer #5 · answered by rrrevils 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋