The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an area of plastic waste twice the size of Texas in the Pacific Ocean. It is estimated there are 1.8 x 10¹² pieces of plastic in this patch. If the world's population is 8 x 10⁹, how many pieces of plastic are there per person?

Hint: divide the total pieces of plastic by the number of people.

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