Homework Help: Chemistry

Posted by Renee on Monday, October 29, 2012 at 11:24am.

If the density of gasoline is 0.66 g/ml , how many kilocalories of energy are obtained from 2.7gal of gasoline?

note:When 1.0g of gasoline burns, 11,500 kcal of energy are given off.

Chemistry - bobpursley, Monday, October 29, 2012 at 11:27am
energy=energy/gram*grams
= energy/gram*density*volume

so convert 2.7gal to ml, and do the math.

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