Question

Grocery Shopping  A research study reports that an average person purchases 190 granola bars per year. If there are 287 million people in the​ country, how many granola bars are purchased by the whole country in one​ year?

Answer 1

To find the total number of granola bars purchased by the entire country in one year, you can multiply the average number of granola bars purchased by one person by the total population.

Given:
- Average granola bars purchased per person per year = 190
- Total population = 287 million (which is 287,000,000)

Total granola bars purchased in one year = Average granola bars per person × Total population

\[
\text{Total granola bars} = 190 \times 287,000,000
\]

Calculating this gives:

\[
\text{Total granola bars} = 190 \times 287,000,000 = 54,930,000,000
\]

So, the total number of granola bars purchased by the whole country in one year is **54.93 billion** granola bars.