Question

Assume everyone in the United States consumes one soft drink in an aluminum can every two days. if there are 280 million americans, how many tons of aluminum need to be recycles each year if each can weight 1/15 pound and once ton=2000 pounds?

Answer 1

Answer:

1.708*10^6 tons.

Explanation:

Number of Aluminum cans used by 1 person in 1 year = 365/2=182.5 say it as 183 cans per year.

Total number of people in US= 280,000,000

Total number of cans used by americans.

$= 5.12×10^10 cans$

Weight of 1 can =1/15 pounds

Weight of all cans used in 1 year

$= \frac{5.12*10^10}{15} =3.41*10^9pounds.$

we know that

1ton=2000pounds.

$\frac{3.41*10^9 pounds}{2000} = 1.708*10^6 tons.$