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15.1 Exercise 14

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What is the change in internal energy of a car if you put 12.0 gal of gasoline into its tank? The energy content of gasoline is 1 . 3 × 10 8 J/gal 1 .\text{ } 3 \times \text{10 }^{8} \text{J}/\text{gal }. All other factors, such as the car’s temperature, are constant.

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 15.1 The First Law of Thermodynamics, exercise 14

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