Question

On march 24, 1989, the exxon valdez struck a reef in prince william sound, alaska, spilling 37,854,120 l of crude oil. what is this volume in milliliters?

Answer 1

The problem statement above is simply a conversion problem. We need to convert the volume given from liters to milliliters. To do this, we need a conversion factor. Conversion factors are relation of the certain units that would allow us to convert from one system to another. It relates the original unit to another unit. It is used by multiplying or dividing the factor to the original value. For this, we use the 1000 mL is equal to 1 L. We do as follows:

37,854,120 L ( 1000 mL / 1 L ) = 37,854,120, 000 mL or 3.79x10^10 mL