Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (4th Edition)
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Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland
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Chapter 16, Problem 2RQ
The Eco-Marathon is an annual competition sponsored by Shell Oil, in which participants build special vehicles to achieve the highest possible fuel efficiency. The Eco-Marathon is held around the world with events in the United Kingdom, Finland, France, Holland, Japan, and the United States.
A world record was set in the Eco-Marathon by a French team in 2003 called Microjoule with a performance of 10,705 miles per gallon. The Microjoule runs on ethanol. Create an algorithm to determine how far the Microjoule will travel in kilometers given a user- specified amount of ethanol, provided in units of grams. For your test case, you may assume that the user provides 100 grams of ethanol.
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