About 5 barrels will be produced in a day. 172 divided by 42 equals 4.09. You can't have part of a barrel. Therefore, you will round up to five barrels.
If the amount of gallons of oil an oil well produce everyday is 172gallons and a standard oil barrel holds 42gallons of oil, the amount of barrel produced in a day can be expressed as;
Amount of barrel produced per day = Total gallons of oil per day/amount of oil per barrel
Amount of barrel produced per day = 172/42
Amount of barrel produced per day = 4.10
This shows that about 4barrels of oil will be produced in a day.
