Question

Determine the dairy quantity of solid waste produced by 40,000inhabitant of a city whose production per capital is estimated at 0.5kg/ cap/day if the landfill is to operate six days a week how much waste will have to be processed every working day?

Answer 1

To determine the daily quantity of solid waste produced by the 40,000 inhabitants of the city, multiply the number of inhabitants by the production per capita and divide it by the number of working days in a week.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine the daily quantity of solid waste produced by the 40,000 inhabitants of the city, we need to calculate the total waste generated each day. The production per capita is estimated at 0.5 kg/cap/day. So, the total waste produced can be found by multiplying the number of inhabitants by the production per capita:

Total waste = 40,000 inhabitants × 0.5 kg/cap/day = 20,000 kg/day.

Since the landfill is operational for six days a week, we need to divide the total waste by the number of working days to find the waste that needs to be processed every working day:

Waste processed daily = Total waste / Number of working days = 20,000 kg/day / 6 days/week = 3,333.33 kg/day (rounded to the nearest whole number).