Question

In the year 1998, there were 4.56 × 10^7 cars in America. The population of America was 2.3 × 10^6. What was the average number of cars per person in America in 1998?

A. 0.5

B. 1.98

C. 5

D. 19.8

Answer 1

Help please! :(

Answer 2

cars per person means number of cars over number of people. In other words, divide the number of cars by the number of people.

Answer 3

Ok I divided it! And I got 1.98! Which is B! Is it correct?

Answer 4

@Mertsj

Answer 5

What did you do with the 10^7 over 10^6 ?

Answer 6

Ooo silly me I totally forgot about that :( THANKS A LOT!

Answer 7

yw