Question

Jada lives in a city that has an area of 344.6 square miles. Her friend lives in a town that is one-tenth, or 0.1, that size. What is the area of her friend's town?

Answer 1

344.6 x 0.1 - as it one tenth the size

= 34.46 square miles

Answer 2

The area of her friend's town
`= 34.46\text{square miles}`

Explanation:

Given : Jada lives in a city that has an area of 344.6 square miles.

Her friend lives in a town that is one-tenth, or 0.1, that size.

To find : The area of her friend's town.

Solution : The area of Jada house = 344.6 square miles.

Her friends house is one-tenth or 0.1 of 344.6 square miles.

Actual area of her friend's house is = 0.1 of Area of Jada house

`= 0.1* 344.6`

`= 34.46\text{square miles}`

Therefore, The area of her friend's town
`= 34.46\text{square miles}`