Question

The population of Florida was 6.7 x 10^6 in 1970. The population increased to 2 x 10^7 in 2010. to the nearest whole number, how many times greater was the population in 2010 then in 1970?

Answer 1

population was 3 times greater in 2010

Answer 2

The population was 3 times greater in 2010 than in 1970.

Explanation:

To find how many times greater the population was, you divide the population from 2010 by the population in 1970.

`(2*10^(7) )/(6.7*10^(6) ) = 2.985` ≈ 3

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