Question

The population in a 50 square mile area is 200 people. What is the population density?

Answer 1

`\rho _(population)=4(people)/(mi^2)`

Step-by-step explanation:

Hello.

In this case, since the population density is computed by dividing the amount of people by the space (area) where they are in:

`\rho _(population)=(people)/(area)`

For 200 people living in a 50-mi² area, the population density is:

`\rho _(population)=(200people)/(50mi^2)\\\\\rho _(population)=4(people)/(mi^2)`

It means that 4 people live per square mile area.

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