A compact car gets 37.5 miles per gallon on the highway. If gasoline contains $84.2 \%$ carbon by mass and has a density of $0.8205 \mathrm{g} / \mathrm{mL},$ determine the mass of carbon dioxide produced during a 500 -mile trip (3.785 liters per gallon).
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First, we need to find out how many gallons of gasoline are used during the 500-mile trip. To do this, we can divide the total miles by the miles per gallon: $\frac{500 \text{ miles}}{37.5 \text{ miles/gallon}} = 13.333 \text{ gallons}$ Show more…
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