Problema Solution
Solid waste per person. In 1960 the 1.80863 X 108 people in the United States generated 8.71 X 107 tons of municipal solid waste (Environmental Protection Agency, www.epa.gov ). How many pounds per person per day were generated in 1960?
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1. First find what 1.80863 x 108 = 195.33204 (this is amt. of people)
Then do 8.71 x 107 = 931.97 (amt. of waste per year)
Then multiply those two results together to find amt. of waste per person per year:
195.33204 x 931.97 = 182043.6013
Lastly, its asking for waste of each person PER DAY, so we take 182043.6013 and divide it by 365 for the number of days in a year....SO 182043.6013 / 365 = 498.7495927, rounded to
498.75 lbs. per person per day