Each year the residents of a country purchase 60 billion ice cream cones. If there are 252 million people in the country, how many ice cream cones are purchased per person in one year?
Answer: Number of ice cream cones purchased by the residents = 60 billion
60 billion = 60,000,000,000
Number of residents in the country = 252 Million
252 Million = 252,000,000
Therefore, the number of ice cream cones purchased per person in one year is:
[tex]\frac{Total-Ice-cream-cones-purchased}{Total-number-of-residents}[/tex]
[tex]\frac{60,000,000,000}{252,000,000}[/tex]
[tex]238.10 \approx 238[/tex] ice cream cones
