Question

As of july 2013, the population of the united states was 3.164 × 108, and the national debt was 1.674 × 1013 dollars. how much was each person's share of the debt

Answer 1

Given:Population of the US: 3.164 x 10^8National Debt 1.674 x 10^13
What we are looking for: person’s share of the debt.
Solution:To solve this, just divide the national debt to the number of people of the us, (which is the population of the US)

1.674 x 10^13 divided by 3.164 x 10^8

Answer is: $52,907.71 is the share of each person.