Question

how do land areas of Cuba and Brazil compare?
a. Cuba is over 700 miles long
b. Cuba is about half the size of Brazil
c. The countries are about the same size
d. Brazil is about eight times the size of Cuba

Answer 1

i know this isn't math but someone please help me

Answer 2

do you know that area of a rectangle - for example is equal length time width
yes ?

Answer 3

not this is not math it social studies

Answer 4

Look up online the area of the two countries.
What are they?

Answer 5

is say this isn't math is social studies

Answer 6

so what you know here that a, Cuba is over 700 mile long - so this not is a comparation of countrys - yes
b. that Cuba is about half size of Brazil - so this is a comparation but not exactly
c. the countrys as about the same size - this is same b.
d. Brazil is about eight time size Cuba - so i think this will be the right answer

Answer 7

thanks

Answer 8

Cuba: 42,426 mi^2
Brazil: 3,288,000 mi^2

Answer 9

Maybe you meant to write that Brazil is about eighty (80) times larger, not eight (8).

Answer 10

was my pleasure @JessicaH123

Answer 11

Are you sure that choice D is written correctly?

Answer 12

@mathstudent55 the question said is eight times not eighty times

Answer 13

None of the choices make sense then.

Answer 14

a. Stating just the length of Cuba is not a comparison.
b. Cuba is not half the area of Brazil; it's approximately one-eightieth.
c. The countries are not approximately the same size. Brazil is much, much larger.
d. Brazil is not about eight times the area of Cuba. It's eighty times the area of Cuba.

As you can see, none of the answers make sense.

Answer 15

@mathstudent55 well whatever i don't care

Answer 16

\(\dfrac{area~of~Brazil}{area~of~Cuba} = \dfrac{3,287,357~mi^2}{42,426~mi^2} = 77.5\)