Question

Assume you are the chief operating officer of the fast food chain with 5,200 stores in North America. Each store operates one heated dryer in the ladies and men's restrooms. Each dryer operates 190 times per day per restroom. One pound is hands in a retail store restroom requires zero carbon dioxide emissions if you let your hands drip dry. If you use one stan grams of CO2 were generated to manufacturer the towel. If you use a standard heated electric dryer 19 grams of CO2 are energy and operate the dryer. How many pounds of carbon dioxide are released in the atmosphere from the heated electr food chain's stores? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

To calculate the CO2 emissions from heated electric dryers used in a fast food chain's restrooms, the total emissions are first found per store by multiplying the CO2 per use by the number of uses per day, then converting grams to pounds. Multiplying by the number of stores gives the total daily emissions chain-wide, which amounts to approximately 82,732 pounds of CO2 per day.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the total amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere from the use of heated electric dryers in the restrooms of a fast food chain operating 5,200 stores in North America, we need to consider the number of operations per dryer and the amount of CO2 emitted per operation. Each dryer operates 190 times per day in both the ladies' and men's restrooms, so that's 380 operations per day for both restrooms in one store. According to the information provided, a standard heated electric dryer emits 19 grams of CO2 per use.

First, calculate the daily CO2 emissions for one store:

• 380 operations/day × 19 grams CO2/operation = 7,220 grams CO2/day/store

Now convert this to pounds (1 pound = 453.592 grams):

• 7,220 grams/day/store ÷ 453.592 grams/pound ≈ 15.91 pounds CO2/day/store

Next, calculate the total daily CO2 emissions for all 5,200 stores:

• 15.91 pounds CO2/day/store × 5,200 stores ≈ 82,732 pounds CO2/day

Therefore, approximately 82,732 pounds of CO2 are released into the atmosphere each day from the heated electric dryers of the fast-food chain's stores.

By rounding to the nearest whole number, the total emissions are approximately 82,732 pounds of CO2 per day.