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One study estimates that that 2,182,300,000,000 text messages were sent in the US in 2012. The US population in 2012 was 314,000,000. On average, how many text messages were sent per person in 2012?

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so texts per person is (number of texts) divided by (number of people) so

(texts)/(people) or
2182300000000/314000000
simplify
2182300/314=6950/1 or 6950 texts per pseron
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