Chemistry 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078021510
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-151-0

Chapter 1 - Chemistry: The Study of Change - Questions & Problems - Page 33: 1.87

Answer

$9.5 \times10^{11} kg\ CO_{2} $

Work Step by Step

We need to find the total consumption of the cars and then the amount of carbon dioxide: Annual production of $CO_{2}$ = $4 \times 10^{8} cars \times\frac{5000 mi}{1 car} \times \frac{1 gal}{20 mi} \times \frac{9.5 kg \ CO_{2}}{1 gal} = 9.5 \times10^{11} kg\ CO_{2} $
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