Question

And how much does that gas weigh?

hint: your previous answer for number of gallons per year, multiplied by the weight of gas as given previously, gives you the weight of gasoline burned per year in a typical car:)
O 36,000 pounds/year
O 3,600 pounds/year
O 72,000 pounds/year
O 360 pounds/year

Answer 1

The correct answer is C) 600 gallons/year.

To find the number of gallons of gas consumed per year by a typical car, you can use the given information:

Average mileage: 20 miles per gallon

Annual distance driven: 12,000 miles

You can use the formula:

Number of gallons per year= Annual distance driven/ Miles per gallon

​Substitute the values:

Number of gallons per year= 12,000miles/ 20miles/gallon

=600gallons/year

So, the correct answer is C) 600 gallons/year.

Question

A gallon of milk weighs eight pounds, so you wouldn't try to carry three or four gallons home on your bicycle. Gasoline is a bit less dense than milk-oil floats on water-and 6 pounds per gallon of gasoline is about right.

A typical U.S. "car" (whatever it is we drive-averaging somewhere between a Prius and a Hummer, and including a lot of pickup trucks and minivans) gets about 20 miles per gallon, and drives about 12,000 miles.

So, how many gallons of gas per year?

A) 6000 gallons / year

B) 240,000 gallons / year

C) 600 gallons / year

D) 12,000 gallons / year