Answer:
0.875 times
Step-by-step explanation:
The number of plastic water bottles bought in the United States every day
= 140,000,000
Length of each bottle = 0.25 meters
Total Length of the plastic bottles = 0.25 X 140,000,000 =35,000,000 meters
Length of the equator around = 40,000,000 meters
Therefore, the number of times the earth's equator can be circled by a line of plastic bottles used in the United States every day
= 35,000,000/40,000,000
=0.875 times
It means the length of plastic bottles will go around 87.5% of the equator.
