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
Let's assume the population of Chicago to be "x" million people.
According to the given information, the population of New York City is about 9.9 million more people than the population of Chicago. Therefore, we can write the equation:
x + 9.9 = 18.8
To find the approximate population of Chicago, we can solve this equation:
x = 18.8 - 9.9
x = 8.9
Hence, the approximate population of Chicago is 8.9 million people.