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26 October, 15:49

A car releases 19.6 pounds of carbon dioxide for every 1 gallon of gasoline burned. Estimate the number of pounds of carbon dioxide released if 14.5 gallons are burned.

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  1. 26 October, 16:00
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    In the given question, most of the information's are of immense importance. based on these information's, the required answer to the question can be found. It is already given that the car releases 19.6 pounds of carbon dioxide for 1 gallon of gasoline. The amount of carbon dioxide released for 14.5 gallons of gasoline needs to be found.

    So

    Amount of carbon dioxide released by

    1 gallon of gasoline = 19.6 pounds

    Then

    Amount of carbon dioxide released by

    14.5 gallons of gasoline = (19.6 * 14.5) pounds

    = 284.2 pounds

    So an estimated 284.2 pounds of carbon dioxide will be released by 14.5 gallons of gasoline.
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