Jules reads that one pint is equivalent to 0.473 liters. he asks his teacher how many liters there are in a pint. His teacher responds that there are about 0.47 liters in a pint. He asks his parents, and they say there are about 0.5 liters in a pint Jules says they are both correct. How can that be true? Explain your answer

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Veronica Adkins

15 March, 08:24

Jules reads that one pint is equivalent to 0.473 liters. he asks his teacher how many liters there are in a pint. His teacher responds that there are about 0.47 liters in a pint. He asks his parents, and they say there are about 0.5 liters in a pint Jules says they are both correct. How can that be true? Explain your answer

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Sofia Horn · Answer 1

Julie reads that 1 pint is equivalent to 0.472 liters.

First, he asked his teacher how many liters are there in 1 pint and answered 0.47 liters

Then he asked his parents and said 0.5 liters.

They are both correct, why?

becayse the exact value if 0.473 when you round this to its nearest hundredths, the answer would be 0.47 and when you round it to its nearest tenths, the answer will be 0.5. Thus both answers are correct.