Question

SaveAt the end of a year, the gross debt of a country stood at about $16 trillion. Express this amount in dollars per person, assuming that the population of the country isabout 272 million.Jul-The gross debt is about $ per person.(Type a whole number. Round to the nearest hundred as needed.)

Answer 1

In order to express the given amount in dollars per person, we need to divide the total amount by the number of people.

$\begin{gathered} \frac{16\text{ trillion}}{272\text{ million}} \\ =\text{ 16}\times10^{12}\text{ / 27.2 }\times10^7 \\ =58823.53 \\ \end{gathered}$

Final answer: $58823.53 dollars per person.