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1) In a few years you will start buying gasoline in liters instead of gallons. How many liters would you order to fill a tank of 10.6 gallon capacity?

2) Measure the size of coins and a dollar bill in English and in the Metric system.

3) Brand X advertises 16.4 mg of "tar" in each of its cigarettes. How many grams of "tar" are in a pack of 20 cigarettes?

4) Find the areas of a postage stamp (2.5 cm x 2.2 cm), Social Security Card (8.2 cm x 4.6 cm), dollar bill (15.6 cm x 46 cm), picture post card (15.3 cm x 10.2 cm), and a college basketball court (28.6 m x 15.2 m).

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1. Using the conversion 1 gallon = 3.785 (L), we can calculate the equivalent liters of 10.6 gallons:
10.6 gallons * 3.785 liter/gallon = 40.1 (L)

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