Question

Tennessee has a population of about 6,495,978. Its territory can be modeled as a trapezoid, as shown in the figure. Each unit on the coordinate grid represents one mile. Find the approximate population density of tennessee. Round to nearest whole number if necessary.

Answer 1

Answer:

The population density is 150 persons per square mile

Step-by-step explanation:

Firstly, we need to calculate the area of the trapezoid.

Mathematically, the area of a trapezoid is

(a+b)/2 * h

from the grid, we can obtain the lengths

on the x-axis , each line is 40(200/5 thin lines)

on the y-axis, each thin line also is 40(200/5 thin lines)

thus a = (8 * 40) = 320

b = (10* 40) = 400

h = (3 * 40) = 120

Inserting this into the area equation, we have the area of the trapezoid as (320 + 400)/2 * 120 = 43,200 units

since each unit = 1 mile, the area of Tennessee = 43,200 units

The population density is thus ; 6,495,978/43,200= which is approximately 150 persons per square mile