Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 8E
A tank holds 5260 L (liters) of water. How many kiloliters is this? How many milliliters? (Hint: See table 1.3.)
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