Question

An average person in the u.s. eats about 17 gallons of popcorn each year. how many gallons of popcorn does the average person eat in 12 years write and solve an equation

Answer 1

Average person each year (or in other words, in 1 year) eats = 17 gallons.
so, in 12 years, they will eat = 17 * 12 = 204 gallons.