How many water bottles make a gallon? How many bottles of water make a gallon?
The conversion between any unit of volume, between the English gallon and the liter, between the cubic meter and the cup, is a constant conversion factor. So, if you have two units, Unit_A and Unit_B of volume, there will be a fixed conversion constant that relates them.
Unit_A = conversion_constant x Unit_B
So, for example, if Unit_A is a gallon and Unit_B is a quart, then
1 gallon = 4 x quart, and 4 is the conversion factor
Similarly,
1 liter = 1000 x milliliter, and 1000 is the conversion factor
If you need to find the equivalent amount of some multiple of Unit_A, you just multiply both sides of the equation. For example:
(5 x UnitA) = 5 x (conversion_contant x Unit_B)
Your specific problem is dealing with a conversion between a gallon and a volume unit of bottles, so your equation is:
1 gallon = conversion_unit x bottle_volume
If your bottle is a1-pint bottle equal to 16 ounces), you would enter 1 in the input side with “liquid gallon (US) ” shown as units.
Then select the pint unit on the output side.
8 pints is equivalent to 1 gallon.
For example, the “bottle unit” sometimes seen of 18 ounces. Your bottle becomes a standard unit itself.
You have to figure out the conversion constant for “bottle_units” :
1 gallon = conversion_constant x bottle_unit
That conversion for an 18 ounce bottle is as follows:
1 gallon = 128 ounces = conversion_constant x 18 ounces
which you turn into [ conversion_constant = 128 ounces / 18 ounces ] by dividing both sides of the equation by 18 ounces.
So, the conversion constant between 1 gallon and 18 ounce bottles is:
conversion-constant = 128 ounces / 18 ounces = 128/18
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