The energy expenditure value of traveling by car is 3.6 MJ/passenger-kilometer. For one person making a trip of 1000 km, if a gallon of gasoline contains 120 MJ, approximately how many gallons of gasoline would be required

30[gal] would be requiered.

Explanation:

The consumption ratio is given by the following expression:

To find the amount of energy needed we must multiply the ratio by the number of passengers, in this way the unit passenger-kilometer is removed from the denominator.

1 gal = 120 [MJ]

  x    = 3600[MJ]

x = 30 [gal]

12000j is work done

air exerts forces on falling objects near earth’s surface.

explanation:

the term 'free falls' refer to object that are falling towards the earth, in a situation in which gravity is the only force acting on the object.

for an object in free fall, the acceleration is constant (g, the gravitational acceleration), and so the velocity of the object constantly increases.

for objects near earth's surface, there is always another force acting on the object: the resistance due to the air. this force is opposed to the direction of fall of the object, and it is proportional to the velocity of the object, so as the object falls down, this force increases up to a point when it balances the force of gravity, and the object continues its motion at constant velocity (called terminal velocity). since in this case gravity is not the only force acting on the object, we are not in a situation of free fall.