A car has a fuel efficiency of 17.5 mpg and is driven 100,000 miles during its life. How many lbs of CO2 per mile are generated? Given 19.4 lbs of CO2 emitted per gallon of gas. If the fuel efficiency of this same car were increased to 35 mpg, how much less CO2 would be emitted to the atmosphere over the course of the car’s lifetime? Your answer should be in lbs of CO2.
A car has a fuel efficiency of 17.5 mpg and is driven 100,000 miles during its life. How many lbs of CO2 per mile are generated? Given 19.4 lbs of CO2 emitted per gallon of gas. If the fuel efficiency of this same car were increased to 35 mpg, how much less CO2 would be emitted to the atmosphere over the course of the car’s lifetime? Your answer should be in lbs of CO2.
Given:
Fuel efficiency of car =17.5 mpg
Distance traveled in lifetime=100,000 miles
CO2 emission =19.4 lbs/gallon
Increased fuel efficiency =35 mpg
To find:
a)How many lbs of CO2 per mile are generated?
b)If the fuel efficiency of this same car were increased to 35 mpg, how much less CO2 would be emitted to the atmosphere over the course of the car’s lifetime?
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