petroleum - which is a fossil fuel-to power them. Mrs. Cash has a class of 20 students. Half of her students get rides to school from their parents. The other half take the bus. If it takes the same amount of energy to transport three students to school by bus as it takes to transport one student by car, how could the amount of energy Mrs.
Cash's students use be reduced the most? (1 point)
Ihey could all ask their parents
•to take longer routes to school.
They could all ride in different
cars to school.
They could all ride the bus to school.
They could all choose to ride in cars that use more petroleum.
1 answer
The option that would reduce the amount of energy Mrs. Cash's students use the most is:
They could all ride the bus to school.
This option is the most efficient because, according to the information given, transporting three students by bus uses the same amount of energy as transporting one student by car. Therefore, having all students ride the bus would significantly lower the total energy consumption compared to each student getting rides from their parents in cars.
