Question

The United States produces an average of 429 billion pounds of food annually. About 133 billion pounds of that food ends up as waste. The percentage of food that the United States wastes each year is _____%.

Answer 1

31%

Step-by-step explanation:

(133/429)x100 = 31.002

Answer 2

thirty one percent

Step-by-step explanation:

(133/429)*100 = 31.002331