An Automobile Gas Tank Is Filled to Its Capacity of 22.0

question 8

Multiple Choice

An automobile gas tank is filled to its capacity of 22.0 gallons with the gasoline at an initial temperature of 15.6°C.The automobile is parked in the Sun causing the gasoline's temperature to rise to 73.6°C.If the coefficient of volume expansion for gasoline is 9.60 × 10−⁴/C°,what volume runs out the overflow tube? Assume the change in volume of the tank is negligible.

• A)0.329 gallons
• B)1.55 gallons
• C)1.22 gallons
• D)1.53 gallons
• E)0.919 gallons

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