> breakdown of PE by P. album occurs at a rate of about 0.05 per cent per day
At what rate does all the plastic in the world start to soften and crumble?
At what rate does all the plastic in the world start to soften and crumble?
total_plastic = 8.3e9 # total plastic in tons degradation_rate = 0.05 # degradation rate per day in percentage
# Calculation of daily degradation in tons daily_degradation = total_plastic * degradation_rate / 100
# Estimation of time taken to degrade all plastic in days total_days = total_plastic / daily_degradation
# Conversion of total days to years total_years = total_days / 365
# Print the result print(f"It would take approximately {total_years:.2f} years to degrade all the plastic.")
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It would take approximately 5.48 years to degrade all the plastic.
But +1 on f-string use.