Question

A forest covers 37 comma 000 acres. A survey finds that 0.2​% of the forest is​ old-growth trees. How many acres of​ old-growth trees are​ there?

Answer 1

74 acres of old-growth are there in the forest

Step-by-step explanation:

To answer the question, we need to calculate the 0.2% of 37,000.We can calculate this stating that exists a linear relationship between the percentage and the number of acres. We also need to state that 37,000 acres are the 100% of the acres.

$=\frac{0.2}{100} \times 37000\\ =0.002 \times 37000\\=74$

We find that if 37,000 acres are the 100% of the acres ⇒ The 0.2% of the acres are 74 acres (in which there are old-growth trees).