Question

Suppose that a country has approximately 2,700 cellular phones per 1,000 people. Express the number of phones per person as a whole or mixed number. The the number of phones person is?

Answer 1

Given:

The number of cellular phones = 2,700

For the number of persons = 1,000

So, to find the number of phones per person, we will divide 2,700 by 1,000

so, the answer will be:

`(2700)/(1000)=(27\cdot100)/(10\cdot100)=(27)/(10)=(20+7)/(10)=2+(7)/(10)=2(7)/(10)`

So, the answer is:

The number of phones person is 2 7/10