Question

A forest covers 53,000 acres. A survey finds that 0.2% of the forest is old-growth trees. How manyacres of old-growth trees are there?There are acres of old-growth trees.(Type an integer or a decimal.)

Answer 1

To compute the 0.2% of 53,000 you have to multiply 53,000 by 0.2 and the divide by 100, as follows:

53,000*0.2% = 53,000*0.2/100 = 10600