Question

A county is in the shape of a rectangle that is 50 miles by 60 miles and has a population of 50,000. What is the average number of people living in each square mile of the county? Round your answer to the nearest whole number. a. 227 b. 17 c. 20 d. 14

Answer 1

B. 17

Explanation:

To find the average number of people living in each square mile of the county, we divide the population by the area of the county.

The area of the county is 50 miles x 60 miles = 3000 square miles.

Therefore, the average number of people living in each square mile of the county is 50,000 ÷ 3000 = 16.67.

Rounding this to the nearest whole number gives us 17 .

So the answer is B. 17.

Answer 2

Answer:B

Explanation:

Multiply 50 and 60 to get 3000. Then divide 50,000 by 3000 to get 16.6666667. Then round up to 17