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Canada has a population that is about one tenth of a large is the United States and Canada's population is about 32 million about how many people live in the United States explain the number of zeros in your answer

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32 million living in Canada is 1/10 of the population of the US

32 = 1/10 n (Multiply both sides by 10/1 the reciprocal of 1/10)

320 (million) is about the population in the US.

32,000,000 is Canada - when you multiply by 10, add another zero 320,000,000

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To keep this simple, I am going to take out the million part of the equation. If 32=1/10 of the US population, then 32x10=the US population. For your answer, 32x10=310.
But don't forget that I took out the million part, so, the US has 310 million people.

To include the 0s, just add 1 0:
32,000,000x10=320,000,000
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