One way to improve the fuel efficiency of a car is to use tires that have a

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One way to improve the fuel efficiency of a car is to use tires that have a lower rolling resistance—tires that roll with less resistance. Highway tests at 65 mph showed that tires with the lowest rolling resistance can improve fuel efficiency by nearly 2 mpg (miles per gallon). Consider a car that gets 35 mpg on high-rolling-resistance tires and is driven 15,000 miles per year. For a fuel cost of $3.5/gal, determine how much money will be saved per year by switching to low-rolling-resistance tires.

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Thermodynamics An Engineering Approach

ISBN: 9781259822674

9th Edition

Authors: Yunus Cengel, Michael Boles, Mehmet Kanoglu

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