When nitrogen and oxygen gases react in the cylinder of an automobile engine, nitric oxide gas (NO) is formed. After it escapes into the atmosphere with the other exhaust gases, the nitric oxide then reacts with oxygen to produce nitrogen dioxide gas, one of the precursors of acid rain.
N2 + O2 → 2NO
2NO + O2 → 2NO2
If 46g of NO2 are formed, how much nitrogen must have reacted in the engine?