document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1121669>Question 1121669</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Each year the residents of a country purchase 60 billion cartons of eggs.  If there are 252 million people in the&#8203; country, how many cartons of eggs are purchased per person in one&#8203; year?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use scientific notation to represent the quantity and&#8203; population, then compute the answer.  Use 10 Superscript 9 for one billion and 10 Superscript 6 for one million.  Express your final answer in decimal notation.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #737627 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=737627\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 60 billion cartons of eggs is equal to 60 * 10^9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "252 million people is equal to 252 * 10^6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the number of cartons of eggs for each person is equal to:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(60 * 10^9) / (252 * 10^6)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this can be shown as:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(60/252) * (10^9/10^6)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "60 / 252 = .2380952381\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10^9 / 10^6 = 10^(9-6) = 10^3.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "therefore the number of cartons of eggs per person is equal to .2380952381 * 10^3 which is equal to 238.0952381.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you can use your calculator to confirm.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simply input (60*10^9)/(252*10^6)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the calculator should tell you that that result is 238.0952381 in decimal notation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if it give you the result in scientific notation, then it should tell you that the answer is 2.380952381 * 10^2\r<BR>\n" );
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