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onHeip The Eco-Marathon is an annual competition sponsored by Shell Oil, in which participants build special vehicles to achieve the highest possible fuel officiency. The Eco-Marathon is held around the world with events in the United Kindom, Finland, France, Holland, Japan, and the United States A world record was set in Eco-Marathon by a French team in 2003 called Microjoule with a performance of 10,705 miles per gallon Imigall. The Microjoule runs on ethanol. If the cars are given 100 grams (g] of ethanol (specific gravity 0.789) and drive until the fuel runs out, how far did the Microjoule drive in kilometers (km? Click the icon to view the conversion table. st Click the icon to view the density of water. The distance is km. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

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O. 789 VE 26 x We that lm264.17 gallans Volume fuel in gellons Vx 264.17 2 .2.6 ox 264. 142 Jallans O. 033 Mideage of Veohicle xvolue f fuel in gallens Distance Covesed in miles= o 7oS x o 033 358, 423 iles. inmilesx Covesed kilome tes istance Distance COvesed 609 3s8.23 x 1604 5 76.703 km ^ 577 ky in lometes: Distance Covegred 577 km.