Question

A study found that your state currently has 1.9 million blue cars. If the population of your state is approximately 1.2 million people, each person in the state would have how many blue cars? To find this, take divided by

Answer 1

Each person in the state would have, on average, approximately 1.58 blue cars when dividing the total number of blue cars (1.9 million) by the state's population (1.2 million).

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many blue cars each person in the state would have, we need to perform a division operation. You take the total number of blue cars (which is 1.9 million) and divide it by the population of the state (which is 1.2 million people). So the calculation would look like this:

Number of blue cars per person = 1.9 million / 1.2 million = 1.5833...

Since it is not possible for a person to own parts of a car, in reality, this result means that, on average, for every 1 person, there are approximately 1.58 blue cars in the state. This is a hypothetical situation because not everyone may own a car, and this average includes children and other people who may not own cars.