Question

Suppose that a country has approximately 2,700 cellular phones per 1,000 people. Express the number of phones per person as a whole or mixed number. The the number of phones person is?

Answer 1

Given:

The number of cellular phones = 2,700

For the number of persons = 1,000

So, to find the number of phones per person, we will divide 2,700 by 1,000

so, the answer will be:

$\frac{2700}{1000}=\frac{27\cdot100}{10\cdot100}=\frac{27}{10}=\frac{20+7}{10}=2+\frac{7}{10}=2\frac{7}{10}$

So, the answer is:

The number of phones person is 2 7/10