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Chapter 1, Problem 1.87(choose chapter or problem)
One gallon of gasoline in an automobiles engine produces on the average 9.5 kg of carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas, that is, it promotes the warming of Earths atmosphere. Calculate the annual production of carbon dioxide in kilograms if there are 250 million cars in the United States and each car covers a distance of 5000 mi at a consumption rate of 20 miles per gallon.
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QUESTION:
One gallon of gasoline in an automobiles engine produces on the average 9.5 kg of carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas, that is, it promotes the warming of Earths atmosphere. Calculate the annual production of carbon dioxide in kilograms if there are 250 million cars in the United States and each car covers a distance of 5000 mi at a consumption rate of 20 miles per gallon.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 3
From the given,
Volume of cars = 40 millions
Each car consumption = 20 mi/gallon
Distance covers by each car = 5000 mi
Mass of produced volume carbondioxide = 9.5 kg