Freeport McMoRan projects that in 2010 world grain supply will be 1.8 trillion metric tons and the supply will be only 3/4 of world grain demand what will world grain demand be in 2010
Let x = the grain demaind in 2010.
Note that 3/4 = 0.75
3/4x = 1.8 trillion
x = 1.8 / 0.75
x = ?
To determine the world grain demand in 2010, we can use the information provided by Freeport McMoRan: that the supply will be only 3/4 of the demand.
Let's call the world grain demand in 2010 "D".
We know that the supply will be only 3/4 of the demand, so the supply can be expressed as (3/4)D.
According to Freeport McMoRan, the world grain supply in 2010 will be 1.8 trillion metric tons. We can set up an equation with the supply and demand:
(3/4)D = 1.8 trillion metric tons
To solve for D, we need to isolate the variable D. We can do this by multiplying both sides of the equation by (4/3):
D = (1.8 trillion metric tons) * (4/3)
D ≈ 2.4 trillion metric tons
Therefore, the projected world grain demand in 2010, according to Freeport McMoRan, would be approximately 2.4 trillion metric tons.