Can someone solve this word problem? Until the high Middle Ages, people in Germany only used honey for sweetening. Since the 19th century, beet has been used as a supplier of sugar. 22 percent of the sugar produced worldwide comes from sugar beet. In 2018, sugar beet was grown in Europe on an area of 1, 65 million hectares. A sugar beet has an average sugar content of 17.5% and can weigh up to 1200g. Calculate clearly with an explanation how many tons of sugar were roughly produced in Europe in 2018 if around 6 beets were planted per square meter can be.
Hectare = 2. 471 acres =10 000 m2 /hectare
10 000 m^2 / hectare / (6 beets / m2 ) * 1.65 x 106 hectare * 1.200 kg / beet * .175 = _____________ kgms sugar
this assumes that the beets are all 1.200 kg each (this would be an estimate of the maximum amount of sugar produced )
you will need to convert from kilograms to tons for your final answer
+313 6 beets were planted per square meter
No of beets planted in 165 million hectares
= 6× 165×10^10
= 990×10^10
Average sugar content of sugar beet=.175
Average weight of sugar per beet= 0.175 ×1200
=210 g
Average weight of sugar in planted area of europe= 0.210 ×990 ×10^10
=2079 ×10^10 Kg
=2079 ×10^10 × 0.001102 Tonnes
=2079 ×1102000 Tonnes
=2.29 × 10^9 Tonnes
Thus average weight of sugar in europe = 2.29 × 10^9 Tonnea
