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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "IN 2017, Hurricane Harvey dumped 17 trillion gallons of rain over a few days in Texas. If a gallon of rain has 8 pints of water, and each pint weighs one pound, then how many tons of rain fell? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "(a)  1 gallon = 3.785 liters;\r\n" );
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document.write( "(b)  1 trillion = 1000 billions = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "(c)  17 trillions gallons of water =  liters of water =  cubic meters of water =  tons of water.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "    \"1 cubic meter of water weights 1 metric ton\"\r\n" );
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