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"Harry K" wrote in message
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On Apr 2, 9:21 am, "MLD" wrote:
"hah" wrote in message

... On 03/31/2013 11:38 AM,
wrote:

If it's water it holds 34.9 gallons.


Note that 1 gallon of gasoline is equal to 1.15 gallons of water :-)


A gallon is a gallon is a gallon no matter what you put into it.. Now if
you're taking about volume or weight, that's a different story.
MLD


But then how much volume of salt can you add to a gallon of water and
still have only a gallong?

Harry K

You obviously have a problem grasping the concept of volume, weight etc. It
might help you if you can answer this question:

Why is it that a pound of feathers (in a bag) will float in water but a
pound of cement will sink to the bottom?
MLD