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The U.S. public debt as of october 2010 was $9.06 * 10^12. What was the average U.S. public debt per american if the population in 2010 was 3.08 * 10^8 people?

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we have to divide the debt by the population. We get


(9.06\cdot10^(12))/(3.08\cdot10^8)=(9.06)/(3.08)\cdot10^4=2.94\cdot10^4

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