Questions: We are currently adding 83 million people to the world's population each year. That is about 227,400 each day. Below is a listing of some of the world's worst disaster, along with an approximate death toll. At today's growth rate, determine how many minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months it would take to replace those lost. - Hurricane Katrina: 1836 - September 11, 2001, attacks: 2996 - U.S. accidental deaths in 2007: 123,700 - Sumatra tsunami on 12/26/04: 225,000 - American deaths in all wars as of 2010: 655,000 - Total U.S. auto deaths through 2007: 3,000,000 - Influenza epidemic, 1918: 21,000,000 - Total AID's deaths through 2005: 25,000,000 - The Black Plague, 1347-51: 75,000,000

We are currently adding 83 million people to the world's population each year. That is about 227,400 each day. Below is a listing of some of the world's worst disaster, along with an approximate death toll. At today's growth rate, determine how many minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months it would take to replace those lost.

- Hurricane Katrina: 1836
- September 11, 2001, attacks: 2996
- U.S. accidental deaths in 2007: 123,700
- Sumatra tsunami on 12/26/04: 225,000
- American deaths in all wars as of 2010: 655,000
- Total U.S. auto deaths through 2007: 3,000,000
- Influenza epidemic, 1918: 21,000,000
- Total AID's deaths through 2005: 25,000,000
- The Black Plague, 1347-51: 75,000,000
Transcript text: We are currently adding 83 million people to the world's population each year. That is about 227,400 each day. Below is a listing of some of the world's worst disaster, along with an approximate death toll. At today's growth rate, determine how many minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months it would take to replace those lost. - Hurricane Katrina: 1836 - September 11, 2001, attacks: 2996 - U.S. accidental deaths in 2007: 123,700 - Sumatra tsunami on 12/26/04: 225,000 - American deaths in all wars as of 2010: 655,000 - Total U.S. auto deaths through 2007: 3,000,000 - Influenza epidemic, 1918: 21,000,000 - Total AID's deaths through 2005: 25,000,000 - The Black Plague, 1347-51: 75,000,000
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Solution Steps

To determine how long it would take to replace the number of deaths from each disaster at the current population growth rate, we need to divide the number of deaths by the daily population growth to find the number of days required. Then, we can convert this number of days into minutes, hours, weeks, or months as needed.

Step 1: Determine Daily Population Growth

The daily population growth is given as 227,400 people per day.

Step 2: Calculate Time to Replace Deaths for Each Disaster

For each disaster, we calculate the number of days required to replace the number of deaths by dividing the number of deaths by the daily population growth. Then, we convert this time into hours, minutes, weeks, and months.

Hurricane Katrina
  • Number of deaths: 1,836
  • Days: \(\frac{1836}{227400} \approx 0.0081\)
  • Hours: \(0.0081 \times 24 \approx 0.1944\)
  • Minutes: \(0.1944 \times 60 \approx 11.664\)
  • Weeks: \(\frac{0.0081}{7} \approx 0.0012\)
  • Months: \(\frac{0.0081}{30} \approx 0.00027\)
September 11, 2001, Attacks
  • Number of deaths: 2,996
  • Days: \(\frac{2996}{227400} \approx 0.0132\)
  • Hours: \(0.0132 \times 24 \approx 0.3168\)
  • Minutes: \(0.3168 \times 60 \approx 19.008\)
  • Weeks: \(\frac{0.0132}{7} \approx 0.0019\)
  • Months: \(\frac{0.0132}{30} \approx 0.00044\)
U.S. Accidental Deaths in 2007
  • Number of deaths: 123,700
  • Days: \(\frac{123700}{227400} \approx 0.5441\)
  • Hours: \(0.5441 \times 24 \approx 13.0584\)
  • Minutes: \(13.0584 \times 60 \approx 783.504\)
  • Weeks: \(\frac{0.5441}{7} \approx 0.0777\)
  • Months: \(\frac{0.5441}{30} \approx 0.0181\)

Final Answer

  • Hurricane Katrina:

    • Days: \(\boxed{0.0081}\)
    • Hours: \(\boxed{0.1944}\)
    • Minutes: \(\boxed{11.664}\)
    • Weeks: \(\boxed{0.0012}\)
    • Months: \(\boxed{0.00027}\)
  • September 11, 2001, Attacks:

    • Days: \(\boxed{0.0132}\)
    • Hours: \(\boxed{0.3168}\)
    • Minutes: \(\boxed{19.008}\)
    • Weeks: \(\boxed{0.0019}\)
    • Months: \(\boxed{0.00044}\)
  • U.S. Accidental Deaths in 2007:

    • Days: \(\boxed{0.5441}\)
    • Hours: \(\boxed{13.0584}\)
    • Minutes: \(\boxed{783.504}\)
    • Weeks: \(\boxed{0.0777}\)
    • Months: \(\boxed{0.0181}\)
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