Question

The prefix 'mili'- means a thousandth. So a mili-liter is a thousandth of a liter. 1 mililiter= 1/1000 liter, How many liters is 1,939 mililiters? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a liter.

Answer 1

Answer:-
`2.0liters` .

Solution:- It is correct that mili means a thousandth that is
`(1)/(1000)` part. We have been given with 1939 mililiters and asked to convert it to liters and round the answer to the nearest tenth of a liter. We do this conversion by using dimensional analysis, a good of showing unit conversions. The set is as shown below:

`1939mililiters((1Liter)/(1000mililiters))`

=
`1.939liters`

Now, we round this to the nearest tenth and it becomes
`2.0liters` .

So, 1939 mililiters equals to 2.0 liters.