In 2005, the total waste generated in a certain country was 4.033 x 10^9 pounds. Also in 2005, the country's population was 2.05 x 10^7. Determine the garbage per capita (per person) in that country in the year 2005

And after operate we got:

So then the gragbe per capita on this was would be

Step-by-step explanation:

For this case we know the following info:

Total waste generated for a certain country in 2005 :

Total population for this country in 2005

And we want to estimate the garbage per capita or per person for 2005, and we can use the following formula:

And after operate we got:

So then the gragbe per capita on this was would be

take the logarithm of both sides (the base of the log doesn't matter):

apply the exponent property - this says that :

distribute the log terms on both sides:

group like terms together:

divide through both sides by the coefficient on :

you can do some additional rewriting here using the properties of the logarithm to simplify things if you like: