Question

there are approximately 2.1 million deaths per year in country a. express this quantity as deaths per minute.
in country a, there are □ deaths/min.
(type an integer or decimal rounded to one decimal place as needed.)

Explanation:

Step1: Convert million to total deaths

$2.1 \text{ million} = 2.1 \times 10^6 = 2100000$ deaths/year

Step2: Calculate minutes in one year

First, days in a year: $365$ days/year
Hours in a day: $24$ hours/day
Minutes in an hour: $60$ min/hour
Total minutes: $365 \times 24 \times 60 = 525600$ min/year

Step3: Compute deaths per minute

$\text{Deaths per minute} = \frac{\text{Total deaths}}{\text{Total minutes}} = \frac{2100000}{525600}$

Step4: Round to 1 decimal place

$\frac{2100000}{525600} \approx 4.0$

Answer:

4.0 deaths/min