Question

Convert a volume of 9.345 qt to liters.

Short answer

A volume of 9.345 qt is equal to 8.844 liters.

Step-by-step solution

Common conversion factor

A unit conversion factor is a ratio of two equivalent amounts expressed in different measuring units.

Explanation

We know from the table that the conversion faction for qt to lit is, 1qt = 0.94635 L.

To calculate the volume in qt for the given question, we need to simplify the following:

X lit = 9.345 qt x conversion factor.

Calculation

\(\begin{array}{c}x\,lit = 9.345\,qt \times \frac{{0.94635\,liter}}{{1\,qt}}\\ = 8.8436\;\,liter.\end{array}\)

Rounding off to 4 significant figures, we get 8.844 L.