A car advertisement claims that its 900-kg car accelerated from rest to 30.0 m/s and drove 100

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A car advertisement claims that its 900-kg car accelerated from rest to 30.0 m/s and drove 100 km, gaining 3.00 km in altitude, on 1.0 gal of gasoline. The average force of friction including air resistance was 700 N. Assume all values are known to three significant figures.

(a) Calculate the car’s efficiency.

(b) What is unreasonable about the result?

(c) Which premise is unreasonable, or which premises are inconsistent?

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