Question

Suppose that, in 2006, Japan produced 1.252 million pounds of corn. The total world production that year totaled 123 million pounds of corn. What percent of the world's total production of pounds of corn is contributed by Japan? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Answer 1

To find the percentage of the world's total production of corn contributed by Japan, we can use the following formula:

Percentage = (Japan's production / World's total production) * 100

Given that Japan produced 1.252 million pounds of corn and the world's total production was 123 million pounds, we can substitute these values into the formula:

Percentage = (1.252 / 123) * 100 ≈ 1.0171 * 100 ≈ 101.7

Rounding to the nearest tenth of a percent, we can say that Japan contributed approximately 101.7% of the world's total production of corn in 2006.