Question

Approximately 60 percent of municipal solid waste in the united states is composed of some form of organic matter that could be composted. every american generates approximately 2 kg of waste every day. the amount of compostable waste that could be generated by one individual in a week would be closest to

Answer 1

Question:   the amount of compostable waste that could be generated by one individual in a week would be closest to?

Given:

Average waste generated by an American per day = 2kg

Proportion of the waste that can be composted = 60%

Solution:

Let X = the amount of compostable waste generated by one individual in a week

X = X2kg*60%*7 days

X = 2(.6)(7)

X = 8.4 kg

 

Answer 2

Answer:

The amount of compostable waste that could be generated by one individual in a week would be closest to $8.4$ kg.

Explanation:

We know that approximately 60 percent of municipal solid waste in the United States is composed of some form of organic matter that could be composted.

Now,if every american generates approximately 2 kg of waste every day, we first need to calculate the amount of waste that an american generates in a week.

We do this by multiplying the daily amount of waste per the amount of days in a week ⇒

$(2\frac{kg}{day}).7days=14kg$

We calculated that every week an american generates 14 kg of waste.

The final step is to calculate the 60% of 14 kg. We do this by multiplying 14 kg per 0.60 ⇒

$(14kg).0.60=8.4kg$

We find that in a week an american generates 8.4 kg of compostable waste.