Question

If the average American consumes 118 kg of meat every year and there are approximately 325 million Americans, how many pounds of meat does the total U.S. population consume every year? (2.205 lb = 1 kg). round answer to two significant figures.

Answer 1

Answer:
`1.3* 10^(10)` pounds

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Number of Americans = 325 million =
`325* 10^6`

Average american consumes meat = 18 kg per year

325 million american consumes meat =
`(18)/(1)* 325* 10^6=585* 10^7kg` per year

The conversion used from kg to pounds:

1 kg = 2.205 lb

`585* 10^7kg=(2.205)/(1)* 585* 10^7=1289.925* 10^7lb`

Thus
`1.3* 10^(10)` pounds of meat is consumed by the total U.S. population every year.