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A water tank is filled to its 59×103-L capacity.
a. What is the tank's volume in cubic millimeters?
b.What is the mass of the water in milligrams?
c.If you drank eight average-sized glasses of water a day, how long would the water in the tank last? Assume that 8 averaged sized glasses is approximately 5.0 L
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