Question

The US consumers in average of 5.15 million metric tons of banana per year. There are 319 million people in the US and there are 1000 kg in one metric ton. Round answer except last one to three significant digits. How many kilogram of bananas are consumed per person per year.

Answer 1

bananas consumed per person per year are 4.42 ×
`10^(-2)`

Explanation:

given data

consumers in average = 5.15 million metric tons

population = 319 million

solution

we get here bananas are consumed per person per year that is express as

bananas consumed = total banana consumed ÷ ( total population × 365 ) .................1

put here value and we get

bananas consumed =
`(5.15 * 1000)/(319 * 365)`

so, bananas consumed per person per year are 0.044231 kg = 4.42 ×
`10^(-2)`