Question

Consider the following statistic. as of january 2009, the usa has produced 60,000 metric tons of nuclear waste in 60 years of operating 104 nuclear power plants. on average, how much waste is produced by each plant on a monthly basis? 0.8 tons per month 83.3 tons per month 104 tons per month 866.3 tons per month

Answer 1

Using proportions, it is found that the average waste produced by each plant on a monthly basis is of 0.8 tons per month.

What is a proportion?

A proportion is a fraction of a total amount, and the measures are related using a rule of three.

In this problem, there is a period of 60 x 12 = 720 months, with 104 plants, and 60,000 tons of waste were produced, hence the average is given by:

A = 60000/(720 x 104) = 0.8 tons per month.

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