for fiscal year 2006 the national debt of a country was appr

for fiscal year 2006, the national debt of a country was approximately

(8.502 × 10¹⁸)

dollars. At that time, the number of citizens between the ages of 18 and 65 was known to be

(1.5 × 10¹²).

If the national debt of this country were divided evenly among these citizens, about how much debt would be assigned to each individual? (Enter your answer in standard form, rounded to two decimal places.)
$ per person

Solution

national debt of country=8.502*1018

number of citizens between age 18 and 65=1.5*1012

debt assigned to each individual = national debt of country/number of citizens between age 18 and 65

=(8.502*1018)/(1.5*1012) =5.702 dollars/person