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One gallon of gasoline in an automobile's engine produces on average 9.50 kg of carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas; that is, it promotes the warming of Earth's atmosphere. Calculate the annual production of carbon dioxide in kilograms if there are exactly 40.0 million cars in the United States and each car covers a distance of 6450 mi at a consumption rate of 22.6 miles per gallon: Enter your answer in scientific notation x 10^6 kg

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          One gallon of gasoline in an automobile's engine produces on average 9.50 kg of carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas; that is, it promotes the warming of Earth's atmosphere. Calculate the annual production of carbon dioxide in kilograms if there are exactly 40.0 million cars in the United States and each car covers a distance of 6450 mi at a consumption rate of 22.6 miles per gallon: Enter your answer in scientific notation x 10^6 kg

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0 million cars in a year. - Number of gallons used by 1 car in a year = 6450 miles / 22.6 miles per gallon = 285.398 gallons - Total number of gallons used by 40.0 million cars = 285.398 gallons per car * 40,000,000 cars = 1.141592 x 10^7 gallons Show more…

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One gallon of gasoline in an automobile's engine produces on average 9.50 kg of carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas; that is, it promotes the warming of Earth's atmosphere. Calculate the annual production of carbon dioxide in kilograms if there are exactly 40.0 million cars in the United States and each car covers a distance of 6450 mi at a consumption rate of 22.6 miles per gallon: Enter your answer in scientific notation x 10^6 kg