Shawn started his car (automatic shift),drove 8km and spent 2 minutes at a stoplight.Rachel (driving manual shift) started her car and drove 9km with no stops.Who used more gas?
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Presumably Shawn, using an automatic shift, used more gas. However, since we don't know the gas mileage for these vehicles, the question really can't be answered.
table of gas usage
automatic manual
idiling .16L/min .16L/min
starting 0.05L 0.05L
moving 1L/22 km 1L/20 km
automatic manual
idiling .16L/min .16L/min
starting 0.05L 0.05L
moving 1L/22 km 1L/20 km
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