Question

a study shows that 5 people generate 23lb of trash each day in. The population of Austin Texas is 820,611. How many pounds of trash are produced in Austin in one day? How many tons of trash is this to the nearest ton

Answer 1

3774810.6 pounds of trash are produced in Austin in one day and 1887 tons of trash.

Explanation:

Given:

A study shows that 5 people generate 23lb of trash each day.

The population of Austin Texas is 820,611.

Now, to find the pounds of trash are produced in Austin in one day and tons of trash.

So, to get the pounds of trash produced in Austin by using unitary method:

5 people generate trash 23 lb.

So, 1 people generate trash = 23 ÷ 5 = 4.6 lb.

Thus, 820611 people generate trash =
`4.6* 820611=3774810.6\ lb.`

Therefore, 3774810.6 pounds of trash are produced in Austin in one day.

Now, to get the tons of trash:

1 pound = 0.0005 ton.

Thus, dividing 3774810.6 by 2000 we get the tons of trash:

`3774810.6/ 2000`

`=1887.40\ tons.`

Thus, there are 1887 tons of trash nearest to ton.

Therefore, 3774810.6 pounds of trash are produced in Austin in one day and 1887 tons of trash.