A countrys people consume 6.7 billion pounds of candy per year. Express this quantity in terms of pounds per month. Note that the population of the country is 305 million. The amount of candy consumed is approximately ____ pounds per person per month. (type an integer or decimal rounded to the nearest tenth as needed) ty

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A countrys people consume 6.7 billion pounds of candy per year. Express this quantity in terms of pounds per month. Note that the population of the country is 305 million. The amount of candy consumed is approximately ____ pounds per person per month. (type an integer or decimal rounded to the nearest tenth as needed)  ty

anonymous · Answer

6.7 billion / 12

lgbasallote · Answer

divide the total amount of candies by the population then divide by the number of months per year. that's your candy per person per month

anonymous · Answer

Find the total number of pounds per month which is 6,700,000,000/12. Then divide by the population to find out how much candy is consumed per person per month
(6,700,000,000/12) / 305,000,000