A major component of gasoline is octane  C8H18 . When liquid octane is burned in air it reacts with oxygen  O2  gas to produce carbon dioxide gas and water vapor. Calculate the moles of octane needed to produce  1.3mol  of carbon dioxide. Be sure your answer has a unit symbol, if necessary, and round it to the correct number of significant digits

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A major component of gasoline is octane 

C8H18

. When liquid octane is burned in air it reacts with oxygen 

O2

 gas to produce carbon dioxide gas and water vapor. Calculate the moles of octane needed to produce 

1.3mol

 of carbon dioxide. Be sure your answer has a unit symbol, if necessary, and round it to the correct number of significant digits

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