Captured carbon dioxide can be used for different purposes. Food and beverage companies use 4 million metric tons (MMt) of carbon dioxide per year, which is 6% of all captured carbon dioxide. Enhanced oil and natural gas recovery uses 88% of all captured carbon dioxide. Create a formula where x = the amount of carbon dioxide used for enhanced oil and natural gas recovery. Solve for x.

The amount of CO2 used for enhanced oil and natural gas recovery is ___ MMt.

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25 March, 20:05

Captured carbon dioxide can be used for different purposes. Food and beverage companies use 4 million metric tons (MMt) of carbon dioxide per year, which is 6% of all captured carbon dioxide. Enhanced oil and natural gas recovery uses 88% of all captured carbon dioxide. Create a formula where x = the amount of carbon dioxide used for enhanced oil and natural gas recovery. Solve for x.

The amount of CO2 used for enhanced oil and natural gas recovery is ___ MMt.

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Talon Hodges · Answer 1

Let y = the carbon dioxide used by f ood and beverage companies.

y = 4 million metric tons (MMT)

since y = 6% of all captured carbon dioxide,

t = y/6 * 100

where t is the total captured carbon dioxide, which = 66.67 MMT

if e nhanced oil and natural gas recovery (x) uses 88% of all captured carbon dioxide,

x = t/100 * 88

= 58.67 MMT

Sanai Warren · Answer 2

The amount of Co2 used for enhanced oil and natural gas recovery is 59 = MMt