Needing help setting these problems up...not necesarily giving me the answers. thanks.
In January 2009 the state of Nevada was facing a budget deficit of $1.5 billion. The population of the state was
approximately 2 million. How much would each person in the state have to contribute to pay this deficit?
2. If you spread a billion 1-dollar bills over the ground, how many square miles would they cover? Round your answer to
the nearest square mile.
3. Queue. Suppose we lined up all the people in the world (about 6.7 billion people). Assume that each person occupied
12 inches of the line. How many times around Earth would they reach? (Earth has a circumference of about 25,000 miles.)
1. 1,500,000,000/2,000,000 = 1,500/2 = ?
2. What is the size of a dollar bill?
3. 6,700,000,000 feet
There are 5280 feet in a mile.
SIZE: US currency bills are are 2.61 inches wide and 6.14 inches long; they are .0043 inches thick and weigh 1 gram.
So...I would take 1 billion * 6.14in
then divide by25,000 to get my answer right?
Sure! I can guide you on how to set up these problems without giving you the answers.
1. To find out how much each person in the state of Nevada would have to contribute to pay the deficit, you need to divide the total deficit by the population of the state. Here's how you set it up:
Deficit / Population = Contribution per Person
For example: $1.5 billion / 2 million = Contribution per Person
2. To determine how many square miles a billion 1-dollar bills would cover if spread on the ground, you need to calculate the area covered by each bill and then multiply it by the total number of bills. Here's how you set it up:
Area per Bill (in square miles) * Total Number of Bills = Total Area Covered
For example: Area per Bill * 1 billion = Total Area Covered
3. To find out how many times around the Earth the lined-up people would reach, you need to calculate the total length of the line and divide it by the Earth's circumference. Here's how you set it up:
Total Length of Line / Earth's Circumference = Number of Times Around Earth
For example: Total Length of Line / 25,000 miles = Number of Times Around Earth
These setups will help you calculate the required values for each question.