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 G/Ml, Determine The Mass Of Carbon Dioxide Produced During A 500-Mile Trip (3.785 Liters Per Gallon)

[ishu]

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 g/mL, determine the mass of carbon dioxide produced during a 500-mile trip (3.785 liters per gallon)

[bobbinwales]

Workout how much gasoline it uses ... simple arithmatic.
Then how much carbon by mass there is .
use atomic weights fit the oxygen bit

[bobbinwales]

The density figure let's you calculate mass from the volume I think.
All night school and o level maths stuff from back in the day

[gingejbee]

...and come back when you use real gallons and spell litres properly!