solution:
a) Increase of Carbon alone:
9.6 - 9.2 = 0.4 billion metric tons of Carbon
b) relate
0.4 billion metric tons of Carbon
to CO2
1 mol of C = 1 mol of CO2
12 g of C = 44 g of CO2
so
0.4 billion metric tons of Carbon = 44/12*0.4 = 1.4666 billion metric