Question

In 2010, Americans generated 250 million tons of garbage. There are about 2,000 landfills in the United States. Assuming that each landfill is the same size and that trash is divided equally among them, determine how many tons of garbage were sent to each landfill in 2010.

Answer 1

125,000 tons of garbage per landfill

Explanation:

250 million total tons of garbage was sent to 2,000 landfills. Since it is assumed each landfill gets an equal amount of garbage, we can easily divide.

250,000,000 / 2,000 = 125,000 tons of garbage per landfill

henceforth, each landfill received 125,000 tons of garbage