Twenty gallons of propane are equivalent to 1.82 * 106 btus. a therm is 100,000 btus. twenty gallons of propane are equivalent to how many therms?

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Bryan Curry

24 July, 09:51

Twenty gallons of propane are equivalent to 1.82 * 106 btus. a therm is 100,000 btus. twenty gallons of propane are equivalent to how many therms?

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Aubree Herring · Answer 1

We can solve this directly given the following conversion factors. This is solved by:

Amount of propane = 20 gallons * (1.82 x 10^6 BTU / 20 gallons) * (1 therm / 100,000 BTU)

Amount of propane = 18.2 therm