Question

A golf course in Phoenix, Arizona, uses an average of 80 million gallons of water daily for irrigation. An average family of four (also living in Phoenix, AZ) uses 325,851 gallons of water per year. Rounded to the nearest ten, how many families of four can one golf course provide water for? 89,610 families 250 families 896,120 families 245 families

Answer 1

Answer:

A. 89,610 families

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

250 families

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that ;

Amount of water used by the golf course is 80,000,000 gallons per day

Amount of water used a family of four is 325,851 gallons per year

It is clear here that the amount of water used per day to water the golf course can be used by several families of four per year because a family of four just requires 325,851 gallons of water per year.

To find the number of families of four, you divide the amount used to water the golf course with the amount used by a single family of four.

Number of families

$=\frac{80,000,000}{325,851} =245.51=246$

=246 to the nearest ten will be 250 because the value in the ones position is greater than 5 thus 246 changes to 250