Based on the approximate number of cars per person in the U.S. the total number of cars in the U.S is 1.44 x 10⁸.
What is the number of cars in the U.S.?
To solve this, the population of the United States will be assumed to be 300 million people.
The number of cars will be:
= Number of cars per 1,000 people x 300 million
Solving gives:
= 480 / 1,000 x 300,000,000
= 144,000,000 cars
= 1.44 x 10⁸
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