Answer: No
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Explanation:
The number [tex]7 \times 10^{10}[/tex] is the number 7 followed by 10 zeros
[tex]7 \times 10^{10} =[/tex] 70,000,000,000 = 70 billion
According to statista.com, there are roughly 229 million drivers in the US (based on a 2019 survey).
Divide the two amounts to get:
(70 billion)/(229 million) = (70*1000 million)/(229 million) = 305.677 approximately
This indicates that each driver uses about 306 gallons of gas per day.
This value is way too high.
Therefore, the initial claim does not make sense.
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Upon further research, the site eia.gov states that Americans use about 337 million gallons of gasoline per day (not 70 billion).
Notice how (337 million)/(229 million) = 1.472 approximately which is far more realistic. It makes more sense to have any given driver use somewhere between 1 or 2 gallons of gas per day. Of course, all of this depends on the person's location from home to work, the amount of traffic, etc.
