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3. Electric cars are being rapidly developed to replace gasoline powered cars, but the problem is not easy because it is hard to find as good a way as gasoline for storing and transporting energy.
a. How much chemical energy in Joules are in 15 gallons of gasoline?
b. The energy capacity of batteries, such as used in the Tesla cars, are given in kW hrs. Their standard battery is 7.0 kW hrs and the cost is a substantial fraction of the price of the car. What capacity would a battery have to be equal to the energy in 15 gallons of gas? ​

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To convert 15 gallons of gasoline to chemical energy in joule, multiply the figure above by 15 which is 1,800,000,000 Joules. Answer to b part is 60KWhrs

a.) A gallon of gasoline in most countries contain about 120 millions joule of chemical energy.

To convert 15 gallons of gasoline to chemical energy in joule, multiply the figure above by 15. That is,

Chemical energy = 15 x 120000000 = 1,800,000,000 Joules

b.) Also, the amount of energy cost per gallon of gasoline produced in most countries is equivalent to about 4 kilowatt hours. The capacity that would be equal to the energy in 15 gallons of  gasoline that a battery should have will be

Capacity = 4 x 15 = 60 KWhrs

Therefore, the capacity a battery will have to be equal to the energy in 15 gallons of gasoline will be 60 KWhrs.

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