if your car gets 24mpg and you drive 380 miles how many pound of CO2 would be produced by your trip(assume 19.8lbs CO2 per gallon)

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Answer 1

Hi Dana,

 

You can solve this using dimension analysis. 

 

380 miles * 1 gallon/24 miles = 15.833 gallons for the trip *19.8lbs CO2/gallon=313.5lbs of CO2