Question: A (2000-mathrm{kg}) car burns gasoline with (25 %) efficiency. Accelerating from rest, how fast would this car go upon burning (0.040 mathrm{~L}) of gasoline if

A \(2000-\mathrm{kg}\) car burns gasoline with \(25 \%\) efficiency. Accelerating from rest, how fast would this car go upon burning \(0.040 \mathrm{~L}\) of gasoline if \(1.0 \mathrm{~L}\) of gasoline contains approximately \(3.2 \times 10^{7} \mathrm{~J}\) of energy? \(\bullet\)

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