SOLUTION: You are reading a letter from you pen pal in Europe and he tells you how excited that his new car has a fuel efficiency of 140 kilometers per liter. In order to understand his exci

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Question 906101: You are reading a letter from you pen pal in Europe and he tells you how excited that his new car has a fuel efficiency of 140 kilometers per liter. In order to understand his excitement, you need to convert the fuel efficiency to miles per gallon.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use these unit conversion ratios:
1000 meters = 1 kilometer
100 cm = 1 meter
2.54 cm = 1 inch
12 inches = 1 foot
1 mile = 5280 feet
(That was just for the distance part, unless you know a shortuct);
3.7854 liters = 1 gallon