87 centiliters in US customary cups

Conversion formula
How to convert 87 centiliters to US customary cups?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{centiliter}\approx 0.0422675283773037\mathrm{uscup}$

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of US customary cups.

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

Conclusion: 87 ⁢ centiliter ≈ 3.677274968825422 ⁢ uscup

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 US customary cup is equal to 0.271940501724138 times 87 centiliters.

It can also be expressed as: 87 centiliters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.271940501724138}}$ US customary cups.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: eighty-seven centiliters is about three point six eight US customary cups, or alternatively, a US customary cup is about zero point two seven times eighty-seven centiliters.