Can you solve this equasion for me? No, its not homework.?

Question

How many gallons of peanut butter do Americans eat a in an average lifetime?
83% of Americans eat peanut butter
There are 296,483,000 Americans (1995)
The avg American eats 3 lbs per year (according to Skippy facts)
A gallon of peanut butter weighs 7 lbs.
The avg lifespan of Americans is 77.6 years

Just wondering, am trying to figure it out now and would like to compare answers.

Answer 1

Here is what I did:

1) Find total number of Americans eating peanut butter = 0.83 x 296,483,000 = 246,080,890

2) Find the total gallons that these 246,080,890 Americans eats per year = 246,080,890 x (3/7) = 105,463,238.6 gallons

3) Find the lifetime consumption = 105,463,238.6 x 77.6 = 8,183,947,315 gallons.

This is the total life time consumption of all Americans. If ask for an average American, then just divide by 296,483,000 = 27.6034 gallons.

For an average American, the total life time consumption of peanut butter is = 0.83 x(3/7) x 77.6 = 27.6034 gallons

Answer 2

296,483,000 (Americans) x 77.6 (years) x 3 (pounds of PB) / 7 (lbs per gal) = American life consumption of PB in gallons.

OR 296,483,000 x 77.6 x 3 / 7 = 9,860,177,486 (almost 10 billion)

Now 83% = 83/100 = X / 9,860,177,486

So if you cross multiple you get

9,860,177,486 x 83 = 100x

OR 818,394,731,300 = 100x

Divide each side by 100 for value of x

8,183,947,313 = x

American eat approximately 8 billion gallons of peanut butter in an average lifetime.

Are you thinking of giving Skippy a little competition????

Answer 3

answer...

number of americans eating PB = 8% x 296,483,000 = 246,080,890

(gallons of PB eaten per year) 246,080,890 x 3/7 = 105,463,238.6 gallons of PB

lifetime consumption = 105,463,238.6 x 77.6 = 8,183,947,315 gallons of PB

8,183,947,315 / 296,483,000 = 27.60342858

28 gallons of PB eaten for an average american.

life time consumption of peanut butter for an average american = 83% x3/7 x 77.6 = 27.60342858 gallons of PB


why not eat it, Peanut butter (and peanuts) do not contain any cholesterol, are 25 per cent protein, contain vitamin E, which is good for circulation, and B vitamin,.

Answer 4

(83/100) * 296483000 * (3/7) * 77.6 = 8.18 x 10^9 gallons

Please press your calculator to check the answer.

83% = 83/100

3/7 : I am converting 3lbs to gallons

Answer 5

33.2 gal. w/ a remainder of 4. i did this on paper Not w/ a calculator.

this is the avg amount of peanutbutter 1 person consumes in a lifetime

Answer 6

Sounds to me like a homework problem I had a few days ago.