(a) A commercial 737 jet transporting 143 passengers and 5 crewmembers from Kansas City to Baltimore burned 11,800 lbs. (about1700 gallons) of Jet A fuel en route. Jet A fuel is kerosine based,consisting primarily of CnH2n+2 hydrocarbons,with n = 6 to 16, so the carbon: hydrogen ratio is close to 1:2.During this flight, how much CO2 was released into theatmosphere? Assume the combustion of the fuel was complete, so allthe fuel was burned to form CO2 and H2O. Giveboth the mass of CO2 produced (in kg and lb) and thevolume it would occupy at 298 K, 1 atm.
(b) How much CO2 would be released into theatmosphere is those passengers and crew made the trip instead, inpairs, in hybrid cars at 40 miles per gallon. Assume the density ofthe gasoline is 0.75 kg/L and that carbon and hydrogen dominate thecomposition in a ration of 1:2. The road trip is 1082 miles.
Note: This is in the complete problem as written in thetextbook, in a chapter about gas laws (both ideal andnonideal).
