The total annual growth in the carbon footprint in metric tons of carbon dioxide per year for each of the five countries in the table by assuming that a hectare
Answer to Problem 5EFA
Country | Area of Tropical Rain Forest (square kilometers) | Area of Deforestation per Year (square kilometers) | Total carbon footprint per year for tropical rain forest (metric tons) |
A | 1,800,000 | 50,000 | 4,250,000 |
B | 55,000 | 3,000 | 255,000 |
C | 22,000 | 6,000 | 510,000 |
D | 530,000 | 12,000 | 1,020,000 |
E | 80,000 | 700 | 59,500 |
Explanation of Solution
Given info:
Country | Area of Tropical Rain Forest (square kilometers) | Area of Deforestation per Year (square kilometers) |
A | 1,800,000 | 50,000 |
B | 55,000 | 3,000 |
C | 22,000 | 6,000 |
D | 530,000 | 12,000 |
E | 80,000 | 700 |
The expression that can be used to calculate total annual growth in the carbon footprint in metric tons of carbon dioxide per year is as follows:
To determine the total annual growth in the carbon footprint in metric tons of carbon dioxide per year in Country A, substitute the value of area of deforestation as 50,000 sq.km. Then, the following result is obtained:
Similarly, the following result is obtained:
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