A research study reports that an average person purchases 320 granola bars per year. If there are 262 million people in the country, how many granola bars are purchased by the whole country in one year? Write the answer in scientific notation.
To find the total number of granola bars purchased by the entire country in one year, we can multiply the average number of granola bars purchased per person by the total population of the country:
320 granola bars/person/year * 262,000,000 people = 83,840,000,000 granola bars
In scientific notation, this is equal to 8.384 x 10^10 granola bars.