A country's peole consume 6.3 billion pounds of candy (excluding chewing gum) per year. Express this quantity in terms of oounds per person per month. Note the population of the country is 303 million.

Every individual consumes in average 1.73 pounds of candy (excluding chewing gum) per month in this country.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Let's review the information given to us to answer the question correctly:

Number of pounds of candy consumed in the country annually = 6,300'000,000

Population of the country = 303'000,000

2. Express the quantity of pounds per person per month.

For making this calculation, we will proceed this way:

Consume of candy in the country per month = 6,300'000,000/12

Consume of candy in the country per month = 525'000,000 pounds

Now that we know the monthly consume, we can calculate the individual consume, this way:

Individual consume of candy per month = 525'000,000/303'000,000

Individual consume of candy per month = 1.73 pounds

Every individual consumes in average 1.73 pounds of candy (excluding chewing gum) per month in this country.