Question

If you live in a rectangular city that is 1 mile along the southern border and contains 1000 people, what is the density of people in the city?

Answer 1

Rectangle is twice as long as it is wide

If the length is 1 mile then the width is .5 mile

Area = length x width

 = 1 * .5 = .5

Area = .5 square miles

Put population density in the format of 1 square mile


So if there is 1000 people per .5 square miles then there is 2000 people per square mile.