Answer:
243,000 people
Step-by-step explanation:
First, what we need to do is to calculate the area of the region using the 5-mile radius
Mathematically, we can calculate this as the area of a circle
Area = pi * r^2
Our r here is 5 miles
Area = pi * 5^2 = pi * 25 = 78.54 square miles
Now to get the population, we know that per square mile we have 3,100.
Hence per 78.54 square mile, we have 78.54 * 3100 = 243,273 people
To the nearest thousand, 243,000
