On average, a commercial airplane burns about 4.0 _ 103 mL of gasoline per second. There can be as many as 5 _ 103 airplanes in the air in the United States at any given time.

About how many milliliters of gasoline are burned per minute by commercial airplanes in flight in the United States?

1.2 _ 10 mL

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Easton Combs

Mathematics

9 February, 07:56

On average, a commercial airplane burns about 4.0 _ 103 mL of gasoline per second. There can be as many as 5 _ 103 airplanes in the air in the United States at any given time.

About how many milliliters of gasoline are burned per minute by commercial airplanes in flight in the United States?

1.2 _ 10 mL

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Schroeder · Answer 1

4.0 * 10^3 mL / [second * airplane] * [5 * 10^3 airplanes] * [60 second / * minute] =

= 1200 * 10^6 mL / minute = 1.2 * 10 ^9 mL / minute

Answer: 1.2 * 10^9 mL