Question

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In a particular year, the population of Dallas, TX, was approximately 1 x 10^6 people. If the population of Los Angeles, CA, was approximately three times that of Dallas, there were about ? x?^ 6 people living in Los Angeles that year.

The population of Pittsburgh, PA, was approximately 3 x 10^5 people during the same year, which was about ? times ?that of Dallas.

Answer 1

1,00,00 i would think

Answer 2

"population of Los Angeles, CA, was approximately three times that of Dallas"
Population of Los Angeles = 3 x 1 x 10^6 = 3 x 10^6

Answer 3

wait....

Answer 4

yeah aum is right

Answer 5

3 x 1 = 3 then it would be 3 x 10^6

Answer 6

the last question mark is "more than or less than?"

Answer 7

\[
\frac{\text{Population of Pittsburgh }}{\text{Population of Dallas}} =
\frac{3 \times 10^5}{1 \times 10^6} = \frac{3}{10} = 0.3
\]

Answer 8

so it is less than

Answer 9

Yes.

Answer 10

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