Question

There are approximately 3.1 million deaths per year in country A. Express this quantity as deaths per minute.In country A, there aredeaths/min.(Type an integer or decimal rounded to one decimal place as needed.)

Answer 1

To convert a ratio of deaths per year to deaths per minute, we just have to use the relation between minutes and years.

$\begin{gathered} 1\:year=365\:days=365\times(24\:hours) \\ =365\times(24\times(60\:minutes)) \\ =525600\:minutes \end{gathered}$

Then, using this relation in our ratio, we have:

$\begin{gathered} \frac{3.1\times10^6\:deaths}{year}\times\frac{1\:year}{525600\:minutes}=\frac{3.1\times10^6}{525600}\frac{deaths}{minute} \\ \\ =5.89802131...\frac{deaths}{m\imaginaryI nute}\approx5.9\:deaths/minute \end{gathered}$

In country A we have 5.9 deaths/minute.