Answer to Question #4179 in Molecular Physics | Thermodynamics for jack

Question

If a tank fills between 5 and 6 millions bottles of water per day for 358 days/year and facility burned 928,226 gallons of diesel fuel in 2007 alone. Calculate the (ml) of diesel used up per bottle, stating any assumptions you make.

Answer 1

As the tank& fills between 5 and 6 millions bottles of water per day for 358
days/year,
we can calculate the total number of bottles:
5*10^6*358 < N
< 6*10^6*358

We need to find the volume V of diesel used up per
bottle, so:
V = 928,226 / N in gallons and this is 3790*928,226 / N
ml.
So,
3790*928,226 / (6*10^6*358) < V < 3790*928,226 /
(5*10^6*358)
The answer is: 1.64 ml < V < 1.97 ml