Question

There are about 5x10^5 people living in Wyoming. There are about 5,000,000 people living in Colorado. Which number makes the statement below true?

a) x = 10
b) x = 1,000
c) x = 100,000
d) x = 10,000

Answer 1

The value of x that makes the statement true is 10.

Step-by-step explanation:

To make the statement true, we need to find the value of x in the equation 5x10^5 = 5,000,000. We can solve this equation by dividing both sides by 5 and 10^5, which cancels out those values on the left side:

x = 5,000,000 / (5x10^5)

x = 10

Therefore, x = 10 makes the statement true.