Question

4.1 kg of a plastic, used to make plastic bottles, has a carbon footprint of 6.0 kg of carbon dioxide. Calculate the carbon footprint of one plastic bottle of mass 23.5 g. Give your answer in kg of carbon dioxide. 2 points

Answer 1

Answer:

33.6answer

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

The carbon footprint of one plastic bottle of mass, $23.5$ $g$ is $34.3$ $g$. That is, $0.0343$ $kg$.

Explanation:

From the given data,

The weight of plastic used, to make plastic bottle with carbon footprint of $6.0$ $kg$ of carbon dioxide is $4.1$ $kg$.

That is, $4.1$ $kg$ plastic gives $6.0$ $kg$ carbon dioxide.

Let the $23.5$ $g$ plastic gives $x$ $kg$ carbon dioxide.

That implies, weight of carbon dioxide, $x = 23.5 g$ x $\frac{6.0 kg}{4.1 kg}$

                                                                    $= 34.39 g$

                                                                    $= 0.0343 kg.$

Thus, the carbon footprint of one plastic bottle of mass, $23.5$ $g$ is  $0.0343$ $kg$.