Homework Help: math

Posted by verkesia on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 3:35pm.

the land area of a country is about 5.0million square miles, and the population is about 700 million people.what is the average population density? simplfy answer and round to one decimal place as needed

math - Steve, Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 4:27pm
density = pop/area

700million people/5.0million mi^2
= 140 people/mi^2
math - Ms. Sue, Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 4:29pm
700/5 = 140 people per square mile

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