The population of New York City is about 18.8 million people. This is about 9.9 million more people than the population of Chicago. Write and solve an equation to find the approximate population of Chicago.(1 point)
Responses
8.9 million
8.9 million
9.9 million
9.9 million
28.7 million
28.7 million
9.1 million
Let's represent the population of Chicago as "x". We know that the population of New York City is about 9.9 million more than the population of Chicago. Therefore, we can create the equation:
18.8 million = x + 9.9 million
To solve for x, we can subtract 9.9 million from both sides of the equation:
18.8 million - 9.9 million = x
8.9 million = x
Therefore, the approximate population of Chicago is 8.9 million.