HELP :
your european car holds 50 liters of gasoline. find the equivalent amount of gasoline in gallons.
My answer that i am getting is 13.2086 i need to round off my decimal answer to 2 decimal places which would be 13.21 but i keep getting it wrong

Question

HELP :
your european car holds 50 liters of gasoline. find the equivalent amount of gasoline in gallons.
My answer that i am getting is 13.2086 i need to round off my decimal answer to 2 decimal places which would be 13.21 but i keep getting it wrong

anonymous · Answer

1 liter = .264172 gallons
set up a proportion....
1/.264172 = 50/x (1 liter is .264172 g = 50 l to x gallons)
cross multiply...
(1)(x) = (.264172)(50)
x = 13.2086
rounded to 2 decimal places...
13.21

Well...I got the same thing you did.