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462chevelle
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Homework Statement
if you burn 1 gallon of gas and it makes 48kJ. can you calculate the amount of mass lost.
Homework Equations
law of conservation: Energy cannot be created or destroyed it just changes form.
The Attempt at a Solution
the way i look at this problem is that there is no loss of mass. the mass is just converted from a liquid to a gas since you cannot destroy energy. but i feel like i shouldnt be looking at it this way and i should be thinking of a way to model it in an equation. the question header is rest energy. and the only equation the book has under rest energy is e=mc^2. and i dont feel like that would apply here since i know all the variables. i dont need to solve for anything. any ideas?
thanks,
Lonnie