Calculate the Amount of Carbon Dioxide Emitted by an Automobile

question 7

Short Answer

Calculate the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by an automobile in a year. Assume the car gets 20 miles per gallon and travels 10,000 miles in a year. Now estimate the total amount of carbon emitted by all automobiles using the figure just completed and assuming 150 million automobiles in the USA.

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