(a) A commercial 737 jet transporting 143 passengers and 5 crew members from Kansas City to...

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(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 C_nH_2n+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).

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a n 143 passng 5 crew members m 11800 lbs of fuel CnH2n2 with n 616 ratio is 12 find CO2 fouind in the atms assume combustion is complete CH2 32O2 CO2 H2O then mass of fuel 11800 lb 11800454 See Answer

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