ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS - EXAMPLE 8.2 : In the US (United States), one barrel is equal to 42 US gallons and equivalent to 0.15898 cubic metres. One British barrel is equal to 36 Imperial gallons and equivalent to 0.163659 cubic metres. If an oil refinery in England sells 42 Imperial gallons of crude oil to a company in US, how much US gallons of crude oils has been sold?

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ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS - ANSWER 8.2 : Volume of crude oil sold in US = 42 x 42 (US gallons) / 0.15898 (cubic metres) x 0.163659 (cubic metres) / 36 (Imperial gallons) = 50.4421 US gallons. The answer is given by Kang Chuen Tat; PO Box 6263, Dandenong, Victoria VIC 3175, Australia; SMS +61405421706; chuentat@hotmail.com; http://kangchuentat.wordpress.com.

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