B. For numbers 8-10, refer to the table below of liquid and its weight. Liquid Seawater Drinking Water Gasoline Kerosesne Oil Pounds per Gallon 8.58 8.33 5.664 6.664 7.497 8. How heavy is 4 gallons of kerosene? 9. How much more does a gallon of seawater weigh than a gallon of drinking water? 10. Which weigh more, 1 gallon of oil or 2 gallons of gasoline? How much more?
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8. 4 • 6.664 = 26.656 pounds
9. 8.58 - 8.33 = 0.25 pounds
10.
1 gallon oil = 7.497
2 gallons gasoline = 2•5.664 = 11.328
---2 Gallons of gasoline weighs more.
11.328 - 7.497 = 3.831 pounds
Answer:
(8)26.656
(9)0.25
(10)3.831