Question

Suppose a country has a population of 34,782,000 and an area of 7,539,000 square miles. Find the population density (people per square mile) for the country. Round to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

The population density (people per square mile) for the country is 5 person per square mile.

Explanation:

Given:

Population of the country = 34,782,000

Area of the country = 7,539,000

To Find:

The population density of the country = ?

Solution:

The population density is the number people per square mile.

The population density can be found by

`\text{population density} = \frac{ \text{number of people in the country}}{\text { The area of the country}}`

On Substituting the values

population density =
`(34,782,000)/(7,539,000)`

Population density = 4.61

Population density = 5