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Any burning is a chemical change. When gasoline (mostly a hydrocarbon called octane) burns, or combusts, it reacts with oxygen in the air to produce water vapor, carbon dioxide, and a bunch of heat energy, which your lawn mower engine harnesses to do work (turn the blade.)

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