Chapter I - INTRODUCTION

Problem l.S

Consider a subset of the American automotive fleet that comprises one million cars
that are driven 10,000 miles annually. The average gasoline consumption for this
fleet rises from 26 mpg to 31 mpg over a 5-year period. Calculate the total fuel
savings annually and cumulatively over this time.

Given: The estimated rise in an automotive fleet's miles per gallon over a five-year
period.

Find: The total fuel savings and the annual fuel savings over the five-year period.

Analysis: 1 millions cars 10,000 mi/yr

26 mpg - 31 mpg over 5 years
Savings per mpg
10000 mi
' = 384.62 gal/car-year
26 mi/gal

lO,OOO = 370.37 A1 = 14.25

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lO,OOO = 357.14 Ai = 13.23
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lO,OOO = 344.83 A3 = 12.31
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lO,OOO = 333.33 A4 = 11.50
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lO,OOO = 322.58 As = 10.75
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Year Savings/Million cars Cumulative Savings

(gallons)

1 14,250,000 14,250,000

2 13,230,000 27,480,000

3 12,310,000 39,790,000

4 11,500,000 51,290,000

5 10,750,000 62,040,000

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