SOLUTION: if the United State in 2007 the gross domestic product was about $14,074,000,000,000 and the population was about 31,00,00, estimate to three significant digits the GDP per person.

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Question 1041392: if the United State in 2007 the gross domestic product was about $14,074,000,000,000 and the population was about 31,00,00, estimate to three significant digits the GDP per person. Write the answer in scientific notation and in standard decimal form.
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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The GDP was $1.4074 X10^13
The population was 3.1 X 10^8
Dividing, one gets .454^10^5 or 4.54 x10^4 GDP/person, when dividing, subtract exponents in the denominator from the one in the numerator.
That is $45,400 per capita