Question

In the united states, the five great lakes cover an area of 94,710 square miles. The smallest of the great lakes, lake ontario, covers an area of 7540 square miles. Write a fraction in simplest form that compares the area of lake ontario to the total area of all the great lakes. Then write the fraction as a decimal to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

Solution: We are given:

The area covered by five great lakes in United States
`=94,710` square miles.

The area covered by the smallest of the great lakes, Lake Ontario
`=7,540` square miles.

The fraction of the area of Ontario lake to the total area of all the great lakes is:

`(7,540)/(94,710)`

`(754)/(9471)`

Therefore, the simplest form of fraction is
`(754)/(9471)`

`(754)/(9471)=0.08`