Question

Open-Ended  Total consumption of fruit juice in a particular country in 2006 was about 1.59 billion gallons. The population of that country in 2006 was 200 million. What was the average number of gallons of fruit juice consumed per person in the country in​ 2006? Use pencil and paper. Using the per person amount from this​ problem, about how many gallons would your class​ consume?
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Part 1
The average fruit juice consumption was
  
enter your response here gallons per person.
​(Round to one decimal place as​ needed.)

Answer 1

Average = 1.59 billion ÷ 200 million = 1,590,000,000 ÷ 200,000,000 = 7.95 ≈ 8.0 gallons per person.

To find your class total, multiply 8.0 by your class size. (Example: class of 25 → 25×8 = 200 gallons.)