Answer:
[tex]2,628,000\ persons[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
The correct question is
According to the United States Census Bureau, on September 1, 2014 the population of the United States was increasing by 1 person every 12 seconds. At this rate, by how much would the population of the United States increase in 1 year?
Remember that
[tex]1\ hour=3,600\ seconds\\1\ day=24\ hours\\1\ day=(3,600)(24)=86,400\ seconds\\1\ year=365\ days\\1\ year=(365)(86,400)=31,536,000\ seconds[/tex]
using proportion
Let
x ----> the number of persons
[tex]\frac{1}{12}\ \frac{person}{sec}=\frac{x}{31,536,000}\ \frac{person}{sec}\\\\x=31,536,000/12\\\\x=2,628,000\ persons[/tex]
