Question

The population of California is approximately 4000000 people. The population of south Dakota is approximately 800,000 people. The population of California is about how many times the population of south Dakota?

Answer 1

The population of California is about 5 times the population of south Dakota

Explanation:

Let

x ------> the population of California

y -----> the population of south Dakota

we have

x=4,000,000 people

y=800,000 people

Divide the population of California by the population of south Dakota, to find out how many times the population of South Dakota is the population of California

so

x/y

substitute

4,000,000/800,000=5

therefore

The population of California is about 5 times the population of south Dakota