Chemistry (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
ISBN 10: 0078021529
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-152-7

Chapter 1 - Questions and Problems - Page 35: 1.111

Answer

$1.1\times 10^2\space yr$

Work Step by Step

We can determine the required time as follows: As given that the world's total petroleum estimated reserves are $2.0\times 10^{22} J$ and yearly consumption is $1.8\times 10^{20}\frac{J}{yr}$ $\implies t=2.0\times 10^{22}J\times \frac{1 yr}{1.8\times 10^{20}J}$ This simplifies to: $t=1.1\times 10^2\space yr$
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