Question

A local library claims it has 2.73x103 books. If there are 42 people in the building, how many books per capita are there?

Answer 1

63 books per capita in the library

Explanation:

Given

`Books = 2.73 * 10^3`

`People = 43`

Required

Determine the book per capita

To do this, we simply divide the number of books by number of person;

`Average = (Books)/(People)`

`Average = (2.73 * 10^3)/(43)`

`Average = (2.73 * 1000)/(43)`

`Average = (2730)/(43)`

`Average = 63.488372093`

`Average = 63` (Approximated)

Hence;

There are 63 books per capita in the library