SOLUTION: What is the unit rate 729 kilometers per 15 liters

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Question 1014607: What is the unit rate 729 kilometers per 15 liters
Found 2 solutions by Boreal, macston:
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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It is 48.6 kilometers/liter.
It would not be wrong to use liter/kilometer, and indeed Europeans will use number of liters required to drive 100 km. But given the wording of the question, km/l is the correct form, and the numbers are divided.

Answer by macston(5194) About Me  (Show Source):
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729km%2F15L=48.6 kilometers per liter
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15L%2F729km=0.021 liter per kilometer
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