Question

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An average person in the United States throws away 4.5 × 10^–1 kg of trash per day. In 2013, there were about 3.2 × 10^6 people in the U.S.



About how many kilograms of trash was thrown away in the United States in 2013?



5.3 × 10 ___ kg

Answer 1

You have to multiply the number of people times the amount of trash one person throws away. That would be3.2 x 10^6 times 4.5 x 10^-1. Do you know how to do that?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

i got 1440000

Answer 4

Thats right!