Question

Question

New Orleans has 283 hotels with a population of 391, 006. If Atlanta was proportional to New Orleans in hotels to
population and Atlanta has a population of 498, 000, how many hotels will Atlanta have? Round to the nearest whole
number.

Answer 1

Hotels in New Orleans / Population in New Orleans = Hotels in Atlanta / Population in Atlanta

Using the given values:
Hotels in New Orleans = 283
Population in New Orleans = 391,006
Population in Atlanta = 498,000 (rounded to the nearest whole number)

283 / 391,006 = x / 498,000

To solve for x (the number of hotels in Atlanta), we can cross-multiply:

283 * 498,000 = 391,006 * x

140,934,000 = 391,006 * x

Now, divide both sides of the equation by 391,006:

140,934,000 / 391,006 = x

Rounding to the nearest whole number, we get:

x ≈ 360