A weather reporter stated the amount of water that flooded 1 kilometer of a roadway was 30,000 gallons. If car accidents occur when the water reaches 30,000 liters per 0.5 kilometer, would the cars be in danger of an accident? Explain your answer. (Hint: 1 liter = 0.26 gallons.)

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anonymous · Answer

Hi, i think the cars will be in danger of accident.
Given the information, you can calculate the amount of water in liters; 30,000/0.26= 115384.6L.
This amount of water is covering the 1km road...
you can then estimate the amount of water that covers half the road.. i.e 0.5km... as 0.5*115384.6L= 57,692.3L.
Since the accidents occur when the water reaches 30,000 per 0.5km, and the answer derived is greater than that amount, we can assume the cars will be in danger of accident. Hope this helps...