Question

In 2005, the total waste generated in a certain country was 4.033 x 10^9 pounds. Also in 2005, the country's population was 2.05 x 10^7. Determine the garbage per capita (per person) in that country in the year 2005

Answer 1

`(Garbage)/(People) =(4.033x10^(9) pounds)/(2.05 x10^(7) people)`

And after operate we got:

`196.73 (pounds)/(people)`

So then the gragbe per capita on this was would be
`196.73 (pounds)/(people)`

Explanation:

For this case we know the following info:

Total waste generated for a certain country in 2005 :
`4.033x10^9 pounds`

Total population for this country in 2005
`2.05x10^7 people`

And we want to estimate the garbage per capita or per person for 2005, and we can use the following formula:

`(Garbage)/(People) =(4.033x10^(9) pounds)/(2.05 x10^(7) people)`

And after operate we got:

`196.73 (pounds)/(people)`

So then the gragbe per capita on this was would be
`196.73 (pounds)/(people)`