Many cars can run on a mixture of gasoline and ethanol, C2H5OH (density = 0.789 g/mL). What mass of CO2 is pro-duced by combustion of 1.0 gallon of ethanol? (a) 2.9 kg (b) 5.7 kg (c) 6.0 kg (d) 8.6 kg (e) 9.2 kg

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Many cars can run on a mixture of gasoline and ethanol, C2H5OH (density = 0.789 g/mL). What mass of CO2 is pro-duced by combustion of 1.0 gallon of ethanol? (a) 2.9 kg (b) 5.7 kg (c) 6.0 kg (d) 8.6 kg (e) 9.2 kg

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