Question

The United States has an approximate population of

Answer 1

Using proportions, it is found that each person consumes 3.57 times as many rice in Brazil and they do in the United States.

What is a proportion?

A proportion is a fraction of a total amount.

In this problem, we have that:

• The rate in Brazil is of $5 \times 10^4$.

• The rate in the United States is of $14000 = 1.4 \times 10^4$.

Hence, the rate between the consumption in Brazil and in the United States is given by:

$r = \frac{5 \times 10^4}{1.4 \times 10^4} = 3.57$

Each person consumes 3.57 times as many rice in Brazil and they do in the United States.

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