Question

As of mid-2016, the world's population was about 7.4 billion people. The population of the United States was 324 million. The area of a certain city is 707 square miles. If in mid-2016 every person in the world moved into that city, how many square feet of space would each person have? Note: There are 5,280 feet in a mile. First determine how many square feet are in a square mile. (Round your answer to one decimal place.) _____square feet of space per person

Answer 1

If the entire world's population of 7.4 billion moved into a city with an area of 707 square miles, each person would have approximately 2.7 square feet of space after rounding to one decimal place.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks us to calculate how much space each person would have if the entire world's population of 7.4 billion were to move into a city that has an area of 707 square miles. To find the answer, we first need to convert square miles to square feet. Since there are 5,280 feet in a mile, a square mile would be 5,280 feet times 5,280 feet.

Step 1: Calculate the number of square feet in a square mile:
5,280 feet * 5,280 feet = 27,878,400 square feet.

Step 2: Calculate the total square footage for the city:
707 square miles * 27,878,400 square feet per square mile = 19,709,708,800 square feet.

Step 3: Divide the total square footage of the city by the world's population:
19,709,708,800 square feet ÷ 7,400,000,000 people ≈ 2.66335568 square feet per person.

After rounding to one decimal place, each person would have approximately 2.7 square feet of space.