contestada

One gallon of gasoline in an automobiles engine produces on average 9.50 kg of carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas; that is, it promotes the warming of Earth's atmosphere. Calculate the annual production of carbon dioxide in kilograms if there are exactly 40.0 million cars in the United States and each car covers a distance of 4590 mi at a consumption rate of 18.7 miles per gallon. Enter your answer in scientific notation.

Respuesta :

tutorAnne

Answer:1.01 x10^11 kg of carbon dioxide per annum

Explanation:

Consumption rate is 18.7 per gallon  

Consumption of gasoline =4590x1 gallon/18.7=264.70 gallons  

Since there are 40 million cars and each car consumes 264.70 gallons

therefoere wee will have

40,000,000 x 264.70=1.058x10^10gallons

1gallon produces 9.50 kg of carbon dioxide,

therefore, 1.058x10^10 will produce

 1.058x10^10 x  9.50kg=

1.00586 x10^11kg of carbon dioxide per annum

= 1.01 x10^11 kg of carbon dioxide per annum

Otras preguntas