Calculate the number of pounds of CO 2 released into the atmosphere when 15 gallons of gasoline
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Calculate the number of pounds of CO2 released into the atmosphere when 15 gallons of gasoline is burned in an automobile engine. Assume complete combustion. Also assume that gasoline is a mixture of octane isomers and that the density of gasoline is 0.692 g mL–1. (This assumption ignores about 10 volume percent of oxygenated additives.) Useful conversion factors: 1 gallon 5 3.785 L; 1 kg 5 2.204 lb.
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