42 US gallons in liters

Result

The conversion result is: 42 US gallons is equivalent to 158.987294928 liters.[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 42 US gallons to liters?

We know (by definition) that: 1 usgallon ≈ 3.785411784 liter.

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of liters.

1 usgallon / 42 usgallon ≈ 3.785411784 liter / x liter

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:

x liter ≈ (42 usgallon / 1 usgallon) * 3.785411784 liter → x liter ≈ 158.98729492799998 liter

Conclusion:

42 usgallon ≈ 158.98729492799998 liter

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 liter is equal to 0.00628981077043211 times 42 US gallons.

It can also be expressed as: 42 US gallons is equal to 1 / 0.00628981077043211 liters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: forty-two US gallons is about one hundred and fifty-eight point nine nine liters, or alternatively, a liter is about zero point zero one times forty-two US gallons.

Footnotes

[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).

Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.