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Written by Kate Shaw on 2024-08-09 at 17:25

Can someone please check my math? If four bananas weigh approximately one pound, and there are 2000 pounds in a ton, and the US imported 5 million tons of bananas in 2023, does that work out to 40 trillion bananas? That doesn't seem possible.

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Written by Sue Archer on 2024-08-09 at 17:51

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I think it's 40 billion, not trillion?

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Written by Kate Shaw on 2024-08-09 at 18:30

@suearcher thanks! That seems more reasonable (but still a lot)!

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Written by Token Sane Person on 2024-08-09 at 18:46

@KateShaw @suearcher That works out at about 120 bananas per person, or 2.4 per week. So not ridiculous, especially as some people eat one a day.

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Written by Kate Shaw on 2024-08-09 at 23:08

@tokensane @suearcher people who are not me 😄

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Written by Lockpick Extreme on 2024-08-09 at 18:10

@KateShaw 5 million tons is 10 billion pounds. At 4 bananas per pound, that would be 40 billion bananas. The US population in 2024 is 342 million.

That's 116 bananas per person per year, or about one banana per person every 3 days.

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Written by Kate Shaw on 2024-08-09 at 18:30

@LockEx thank you!! Someone is eating my share because I don't even like bananas that much.

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Written by Lockpick Extreme on 2024-08-09 at 18:32

@KateShaw That would be me. I'm eating more than my average share of bananas.

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