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About 3.9 x 10^7 people live in California. About 1.3 x 10^6 live in Maine. About how many times more people live in California than live in Maine?

- 3 times as many
- 30 times as many
- 300 times as many
- 3 x 10^6 times as many

User Bastiaan Los
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Divide the number of people in California (3.9x10^7) by the number of people in Maine (1.3x10^6)

(3.9x10^7) / (1.3x10^6) = 30

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how many more people live in California than live in Maine is 37.7 × 10⁶ people.
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