The 15 gallons of gasoline required to refuel your vehicle has a mass of about 41 kg

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The 15 gallons of gasoline required to refuel your vehicle has a mass of about 41 kg and releases 1.8 × 109 J when burned in the engine. If its rest energy could be converted entirely to usable forms of energy, what equivalent mass would release the same amount of energy as burning the 41 kg of gasoline?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0321976444

5th edition

Authors: James S. Walker

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