Question: A racing team needs 1 0 0 - octane fuel to safely run their car in an upcoming race, however, they can only get gasoline

A racing team needs 100-octane fuel to safely run their car in an upcoming race, however, they can only get gasoline which has an octane rating of 93. As an octane booster, they use xylene ((CH3)2C6H4), which has an octane rating of 117 and a density of xylene=0.864gmL. In a mixing tank, they add 120 gallons of the 93-octane gasoline to 50 gallons of xylene to bring their rating to the required 100-octane.
Given:
1 gallon 93 octane =6.05lbs
1 gallon 89 octane =6.2lbs
1kg=2.205lbs
1 liter =0.264 gallons
1 newton =1kg*msec2
1 lbs =4.4482 newtons
What is the density of the 93-octane gasoline (gmL)?
What is the mass (kg) of the 93-octane gasoline added to the tank?
What is the mass (kg) of the xylene added to the tank?
What is the mass fraction of the gasoline in the tank?
What is the final density of the 100-octane racing fuel?
 A racing team needs 100-octane fuel to safely run their car

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