Basic College Mathematics (9th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321825535
ISBN 13: 978-0-32182-553-7

Chapter 1 - Whole Numbers - 1.6 Long Division - 1.6 Exercises - Page 62: 39

Answer

(a) He has eaten an average of 648 Big Macs per year. (b) He has eaten less than 2 Big Macs per day.

Work Step by Step

(a) To find the average number of Big Macs eaten each year, divide the number of Big Macs by the number of years. $25,272 \div 39 = 648$ (b) To determine the number of Big Macs eaten per day, divide the number of Big Macs eaten per year by 365, the number of days in a year. $648 \div 365 = 1.77$ 1.77 is less than 2 per day.
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