Question

34. A chain of hamburger restaurants advertises that it

has sold more than 50 billion hamburgers over the
years. Estimate how many pounds of hamburger
meat must have been used by the restaurant chain
to make 50 billion hamburgers and how many head
of cattle were required to furnish the meat for these
hamburgers.

Answer 1

"12.50 × 10⁹" pounds of hamburger. The further explanation is given below.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sold hamburger

= more than 50 billion

To get pounds of hamburger,

=
`50 \ billion* 0.125 \ lbs`

=
`12.50 \ billion \ pounds`

=
`12.50* 10^9 \ lb`

On divide pounds of hamburgers by pounds of burger meat through one head of cattle, we get

⇒
`(12.5 \ billion)/(350)`

⇒
`35714285 \ cattle`