Question

In 1997, there were 219 million television sets in the US. If the US population that year was 272.6 million, find the number of televisions per capita in the US. Express your answer rounded correctly to four decimal places.

Answer 1

Television per capita = Number of television / Population

219/272.6 = 0.8034 TV /Capita

Answer 2

0.8034 televisions per capita.

Explanation:

We have been given that in 1997, there were 219 million television sets in the US. The US population that year was 272.6 million.

To find the number of televisions per capita in the US, we will divide total number of TVs by US population of the year.

`\text{The number of televisions per capita in the US}=(219)/(272.6)`

`\text{The number of televisions per capita in the US}=0.8033749082905356`

Round to four decimal places:

`\text{The number of televisions per capita in the US}\approx 0.8034`

Therefore, there are 0.8034 televisions per capita.