Question

A map of the Orchid Hill Neighborhood is shown. The population of Orchid Hill Neighborhood is 360 people.

Answer 1

(a) The area is 0.03 square miles

(b) The population density is 12000 people per square miles

Explanation:

Given

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Solving (a): Area of Orchid Hill (in square miles)

The dimension of the neighborhood is 4 blocks by 3 blocks

Since each block are of the same dimensions

The area is calculated as:

If
then:

So, we have:

Solving (b): The population density of the neighborhood as people per square mile

From the question, we have:

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So, the population density is: