Question

The US consumes an average of 5.72 million metric tons of bananas per year. There are 300 million people in the US and there are 1000 kg in 1 metric ton. How many kilogram of bananas are consumed per person in a year?

Answer 1

Given:

The total amount of bananas consumed per year, T=5.72 million metric tons.

The number of people in US, N=300 million.

1 metric ton=1000 kg.

The amount of bananas consumed by a person is,

`\begin{gathered} A=(T)/(N) \\ =\frac{5.72\text{ million metric ton}}{300\text{ milllion }} \\ =(5.72)/(300)metric\text{ ton} \end{gathered}`

Since 1 metric ton=1000 kg,

Therefore, approximately 19.07 kg of bananas are consumed by a person per year.