Question

The US consumes an average of 5.25 million metric tons of bananas per year. There are 317 million people in the US and there are 1000 kg in 1 metric ton. It costs $2.10 per kilogram of bananas. And how much money will this be per person every day?

Answer 1

Consumption of Bananas per year = 5, 250, 000 metric tons

We know 1000 kg = 1 metric ton, so

Consumption of Bananas per year (in kg) = 5, 250, 000 x 1000 = 5, 250, 000, 000 kgs

Cost of Banana = $2.10 per kg

So,

Cost of all bananas = 5, 250, 000, 000 x 2.10 = $ 11,025,000,000 (per year)

Taking a year to be 365 days, let's find the cost for a day:

$\frac{11,025,000,000}{365}=\ 30,205,479.4521$

Since there are 317 million [317,000,000] people in the US, the cost per person every day is:

$\frac{30,205,479.4521}{317,000,000}\approx\ 0.0952854$

Rounding to the nearest cent,

$0.10

So, the amount (in dollars) per person every day = $0.10

Answer$0.10