(I have no idea how to even approach this question. Can anyone please help me?)
Some people have proposed that the
earth could solve its population problem by shipping people off to space colonies, each containing about 10,000 people. Assuming that we could build such large-scale, self-sustaining space stations, how many people would have to be shipped off each day to provide living spaces for the 82 million people being added to the earth’s population each year? Current space shuttles can handle about 6 to 8 passengers. If this capacity could be increased to 100 passengers per shuttle, how many shuttles would have to be launched per day to offset the 82 million people being added each year?
additional population
= 82,000,000 persons / year
= 82,000,000/365 persons / day
= 224,658 persons / day
With 100 persons per shuttle,
we need
224,658/100
= 2247 shuttle trips / day
Thank you so so much, I had no idea how to do it. THANK YOU!
To solve this problem, we need to calculate the number of people that would need to be shipped off each day to accommodate the population growth and the number of shuttles that would need to be launched.
Step 1: Calculate the number of people being added to the earth's population each day
To do this, divide the annual population growth by the number of days in a year.
82 million / 365 = approximately 224,657 people per day
Step 2: Calculate the number of shuttles that would need to be launched per day
To do this, divide the number of people being shipped off each day by the shuttle capacity.
224,657 people per day / 100 people per shuttle = approximately 2,247 shuttles per day
So, approximately 2,247 shuttles would need to be launched per day to offset the 82 million people being added to the earth's population each year if each shuttle could carry 100 passengers.
To solve this problem, we need to calculate the number of people that would have to be shipped off each day to accommodate the annual population growth, and then determine how many shuttles would be required to transport them.
Step 1: Calculate the number of people that would have to be shipped off each day
To provide living space for 82 million people being added each year, we divide the annual population growth by the number of people in each colony:
82 million / 10,000 = 8,200 colonies
However, this calculation tells us the number of colonies needed, not the number of people to be shipped off each day. To find the daily number of people, we divide the annual population growth by 365 (assuming a year has 365 days):
82 million / 365 ≈ 224,657 people
Therefore, approximately 224,657 people would need to be shipped off every day to accommodate the annual population growth.
Step 2: Determine the number of shuttles required
We know that current space shuttles can hold 6 to 8 passengers, but let's assume the capacity is increased to 100 passengers per shuttle.
To find the number of shuttles required per day, we divide the daily number of people that need to be shipped off by the shuttle capacity:
224,657 / 100 = 2,246.57 shuttles
Since we cannot have a fraction of a shuttle, we round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, approximately 2,247 shuttles would need to be launched per day to transport the necessary number of people.
To summarize:
To provide living spaces for the 82 million people being added to the Earth's population each year, approximately 224,657 people would have to be shipped off each day. This would require approximately 2,247 shuttles to be launched per day if each shuttle could hold 100 passengers.