Question

The population of the United States increased by 27323632 in 2011. What proportion of this change is accounted for by Florida population? Round to the nearest hundredth. The population change for Florida is 218929 in 2011. Plz help

Answer 1

To the nearest hundredth, this has a value of 0.01

Explanation:

To find the proportion of the population change accounted for by Florida population, we just need to divide the population change for Florida by the population change in the entire country;

Mathematically, that will be ;

218929/27323632 = 0.008012441391393

To the nearest hundredth, this represents 0.01