Question

Canada is the king of the doughnut world, as it has more doughnut shops per capita than any other country in the world. Tim Horton's, the most popular doughnut joint in Canada, had 3295 locations in Canada in 2012. If the population of Canada was approximately 34.75 million citizens in 2012, what was the number of Tim Horton's stores per capita in Canada in 2012?
Express your answer in scientific notation rounded correctly to three decimal places.

Answer 1

3295 location for 34.75 million people

Number of store per person is given by
3295 ÷ (34.75×10⁶)
(3.295×10³) ÷ (34.75×10⁶)
0.0948201...×10⁻³
9.482 × 10⁻⁵