The super-evil mad scientist. Doctor Dysprosium. is as it again! This time she h

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The super-evil mad scientist. Doctor Dysprosium. is as it again! This time she has decided to wage war on Earth?s organisms by assisting Global Climate Change and pit herself against another top contender for the Most Evil Award for Carbon Dioxide Emissions: gasoline! 1. If a typical passenger vehicle drives an average of 11,400 miles in a year at 21.6 miles per gallon, how many gaI1on of gasoline will one car consume in a year? 2. Gasoline has a density of 0.74 g/mL and is mostly composed of octane. C8H18(l). When combusted, octane produces CO2(g) and H2O(g). Balance the following equation and use the volume of gasoline from #1 to determine the mass of CO2(g) produced each year by a single passenger vehicle. 3 Doctor Dysprosium has decided to beat the passenger vehicle by dumping a hunch of coal into Kilauea, Hawaii?s most famous volcano. How many Ions of coal will she need in burn in order to match the annual carbon emissions from a single passenger vehicle?

Explanation / Answer

1. 527.7 gallons per car a year

2. 4555495, 404 g CO2

3. 1242125, 532g C

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