During the combustion of 5.00 g of ethanol (C2H5OH) 35.5 kcal of energy are released. How many grams of ethanol must be burned to release 450. kcal of energy? Report your answer to 3 sig figs. Do not include units and do not put your answer in scientific notation. (hint: there are several ways to correctly do this problem. Dimensional analysis is one of them. But in this case there's an easier way, if you can think of it. Remember,

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During the combustion of 5.00 g of ethanol (C2H5OH) 35.5 kcal of energy are released. How many grams of ethanol must be burned to release 450. kcal of energy? Report your answer to 3 sig figs. Do not include units and do not put your answer in scientific notation.
(hint: there are several ways to correctly do this problem. Dimensional analysis is one of them. But in this case there's an easier way, if you can think of it. Remember, enthalpy is extensive. That's the point of this question.)
 
 
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