Q. 2.110 - An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry

Question

A dialysis unit requires $75000 mL$ of distilled water. How many gallons of water are needed? (2.6)

Step-by-Step Solution

Answer

The number of gallons of water needed is determined as $19.8$gallon

Step 1 : Given Information

The given is the dialysis unit of distilled water .

The objective is to determine the number of gallons of water needed.

The volume of the distilled water is 75,000 mL. 

Step 2 : Explanation

Given:-

Volume of distilled Water $=75,000 \mathrm{mL}$

Conversion factor $1\mathrm{qt}=946\mathrm{ml}$

Conversion from $ml$ to $\mathrm{qt}$

$\Rightarrow 75,000\times \frac{\text{ lqt }}{946\mathrm{ml}}=79.281183\mathrm{qt}$

Now,

Converting quart to gallon $\Rightarrow 79.281183\mathrm{qt}\times \frac{\text{ gallon }}{4\mathrm{qt}}$

$=19.8$ gallon (Rounding off three significant figures)