A marine biologist measures the volume of a seawater sample. The volume is 251mL. What is the volume in liters? Write your answer as a decimal. I am not sure what the conversions are here

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A marine biologist measures the volume of a seawater sample. The volume is 251mL. What is the volume in liters? Write your answer as a decimal. I am not sure what the conversions are here

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Since we know that 

1.0 L  =  1000.0 mL 

So to convert the mL into L , we have to divide the given concentration by 1000 .

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