Question

A county is in the shape of a rectangle that is 50 miles by 60 miles and has a population of 50,000. What is the average number of people living on each square mile of the county? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

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17
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Answer 1

First you have to find the area of the whole thing, to find the unit population
the area os 50*60 = 3000
3000 = 50000
1 =?
simplify it to
3/50 = 1/x
Cross multiply
50 = 3x
x=16.6666666666666666666666
and then you can round

Answer 2

So it would be 17?

Answer 3

ye