the question is: people in the u.s. generate about 1,100,000,000 pounds of garbage per day. about how many pounds of garbage does an average american generate each day? my teacher told the class that their are 275 million people in the u.s.? how would i go about figuring this problem out? any help would be great thanks
2006-10-19 09:58:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
1,100,000,000 / 275,000,000 would be the answer.
(Of course, there are now 300,000,000 people in the US so you may want to use the more accurate number.)
2006-10-19 09:59:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
easy... just divide 1.1 trillion by 275 million. your answer will be in pounds, the average amount of garbage produced
2006-10-19 17:01:49 · answer #2 · answered by Mets00 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell your teacher that she is wrong, That the American population jumped to 300 million this week.
2006-10-19 17:06:07 · answer #3 · answered by it's_me!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since there ate 1100000000 lbs of garbage you would divide that by how many people there are in the us. so 1100000000/275000000.
2006-10-19 16:59:44 · answer #4 · answered by Matt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.1 billion is the same as 1,100 million, therefore divide 1,100 by 275 million, and you get 4 pounds (ans.)
2006-10-19 17:04:22 · answer #5 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1,100,000,000/275,000,000=4 pounds of garbage per person per day. (Wow, that's a lot)
2006-10-19 17:00:36 · answer #6 · answered by Linda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
divide 1100000000 by 275000000 and de answer is 4, by the way there are 300000000 oersons in the USA
2006-10-19 17:11:21 · answer #7 · answered by mike j 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you divide the # of pounds by the # of people to get the answer.
2006-10-19 17:00:59 · answer #8 · answered by Heather 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply divide 1,100,000,000 by 275,000,000
2006-10-19 17:00:01 · answer #9 · answered by rusman271 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Divide 1,100,000,000 lbs / day by 275,000,000 people.
You get 4 lbs / person / day.
2006-10-19 16:59:22 · answer #10 · answered by Drofsned 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋