Question

A country is in the shape of a rectangle that is 40 miles by 30 miles and has a population of 50,000. What is the average number of people living on each square mile of the county? Round your answer to the nearest whole number. 42 357 31 56

Answer 1

It is given that a country has a shape of a rectangle with dimensions of 40 miles by 30 miles, with a population of 50,000.

It is required to find the average number of people living on each square mile.

To do this, divide the population by the area of the rectangle.

The area of a rectangle is the product of the length and width:

$A=40\cdot30=1200\text{ square miles.}$

Divide the population by the calculated area:

$\frac{50000}{1200}=\frac{125}{3}\approx42$

The answer is 42.