Federal Taxes and the United States Population Federal Taxes Collected Population 400 $3.50 3.18 3.02 2.78 316 $3.00 350 319 320 314 2.45 $2.50 300 $2.00 250 $1.50 200 $1.00 150 $0.50 100 2012 2013 2014 2015 Year Federal Taxes Collecte d (trillions of dollars) Population (millions)
The bar graph shows the total amount Americans paid in federal taxes, in trillions of dollars, and the U.S. population, in millions, from 2012 through 2015. Solve ?
a. In 2014, the United States government collected $3.02 trillion in taxes. Express this number in scientific notation.
b. In 2014, the population of the United States was approximately 319 million. Express this number in scientific notation.
c. Use your scientific notation answers from parts (a) and (b) to answer this question: If the total 2014 tax collections were evenly divided among all Americans, how much would each citizen pay? Express the answer in decimal notation, rounded to the nearest dollar.
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