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book Living in the Environment 18th Edition by Tyler Miller,Scott Spoolman cover

Living in the Environment 18th Edition by Tyler Miller,Scott Spoolman

Edition 18ISBN: 9781285969725
book Living in the Environment 18th Edition by Tyler Miller,Scott Spoolman cover

Living in the Environment 18th Edition by Tyler Miller,Scott Spoolman

Edition 18ISBN: 9781285969725
Exercise 3
The U.S. Clean Air Act limits sulfur emissions from large coal-fired boilers to 0.54 kilograms (1.2 pounds) of sulfur per million Btus (British thermal units) of heat generated. (1 metric ton = 1,000 kilograms = 2,200 pounds = 1.1 ton; 1 kilogram = 2.20 pounds.)
Assuming that this power plant uses coal with 1.00% sulfur and operates at full capacity 24 hours per day, how many metric tons (and how many tons) of sulfur will be released into the atmosphere each year
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