Question

if the area of the Arctic Ocean is 16% of the area of the Atlantic Ocean (32 million)what is the area of the Arctic Ocean ran to the nearest whole million

Answer 1

16% of 32 million is 5120000

So rounded is 5 million

Answer 2

Answer: 5 million square units.

Explanation:

Given : The area of Atlantic Ocean = 32 million square units.

The area of the Arctic Ocean is 16% of the area of the Atlantic Ocean .

We can rewrite 16% as 0.16 [We divide percent by 100 to convert it into decimal.]

Then, the area of the Arctic Ocean will be :_

`\text{32 million}*0.16=5.12\text{ million}\\\\=5\text{ million}`

Hence, the area of the Arctic Ocean is 5 million square units.