Question

The population of New York City is about 8.18 × 10^6. The population of Las Vegas is about 5.84 × 10^5. About how many times larger is the population of New York City?
A. 1.4
B. 0.14
C. 1.4 x 10^11
D. 14

Answer 1

Answer:

D. 14 times

Step-by-step explanation:

The population of New York City is about 8.18 × 10^6. This is an estimation. The population of Las Vegas is about 5.84 × 10^5. This is also an estimation. We want to determine the number of times that population of new York is more than that of las Vegas. It's like saying how many las Vegas are the in New york.

This is done by dividing the population of new York by the population of las Vegas. It becomes

8.18 × 10^6 / 5.84 × 10^5

= 14.00684931507

Approximately 14 times