Question

There are about 5.28x108 people in North America. The area of the country is

2.47x10²km. If the land were divided equally amongst each person, how much land
would each person receive?

Answer 1

Each person will receive Land area = 0.467 millimeter

Explanation:

Given as,

Total number of people in North America = 5.28 × 10^8

The area of the country is = 2.47 × 10² km = 2.47 × 10^5 meter

Now according to question , Land is divided equally among each people .

So, For 5.28×10^8 people , land available = 2.47×10^5 meter

Then For 1 people , land available =
`(2.47 times 10^5 meter)/(5.28 times 10^8)`

Or , Land available = 4.67 × 10^-4 meter

or , = 0.467 millimeter

Hence for each person , Land available is 0.467 millimeter . Answer