Your balanced equation. ( standard for this type problem )
2C8H18 + 25O2 → 16CO2 + 18H2O
------We work in grams because that is what is on my periodic table.
21 kg gasoline = 21,000 grams
82 kg oxygen = 82,000 grams
------get moles of reactants
21,000 grams gasoline (1 mole/114.224 g) = 183.85 moles gasoline
82,000 g oxygen (1 mole O2/32 … Read more