Driving 1000 miles a month is not unusual for a short-distance commuter. If your vehicle gets 18.80 mpg, you would use approximately 53.19 gallons of gasoline every month. The unbalanced chemical equation for the reaction is   If gasoline is approximated as C8H18 (density = 0.703 g/mL), how many grams of carbon dioxide does your vehicle emit every month?

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Driving 1000 miles a month is not unusual for a short-distance commuter. If your vehicle gets 18.80 mpg, you would use approximately 53.19 gallons of gasoline every month. The unbalanced chemical equation for the reaction is

 

If gasoline is approximated as C8H18 (density = 0.703 g/mL), how many grams of carbon dioxide does your vehicle emit every month?

C3H18(1) + 0,(g) –
Co,(g) +H,0(g)
Transcribed Image Text:C3H18(1) + 0,(g) – Co,(g) +H,0(g)
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