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Gasoline has an enthalpy of combustion 24000 kJ/ gallon. When gasoline burns in an automobile engine, approximately 30% of the energy released is used to produce mechanical work. The remainder is lost as heat transfer to the engine's cooling system. As a start on estimating how much heat transfer is required, calculate what mass of water could be heated from \[25{}^\circ C\]to \[75{}^\circ C\] by the combustion of 1.0 gallon of gasoline in an automobile? (Given:\[C({{H}_{2}}O)=4.18J/{{g}^{{}^\circ }}C\])

A) 34.45 kg                       

B) 80.383 kg

C) 22 kg                

D) 224 kg