Question

alaska is the largest state in the united states. the state has an area of approximately 663,000 square miles. rhode island is the smallest state in the united states, with an area of approximately 1,000 square miles. currently, the populations of alaska and rhode island are 732,000 people and 1 million people, respectively. if alaska had the same number of people per square mile as rhode island, what would its population be? in two or more sentences, explain your calculations and conclusions.

Answer 1

If you do 1,000,000 people divided by 1,000 mi^2, you would get 1,000 people per 1mi^2.

If Alaska had the same number of people per square mile as Rhode Island, its population would be calculated as 663,000 mi^2 times 1,000 people = 663,000,000 people.

Answer 2

Rhode Island has 1,000,000 people within an area of 1000 sq miles.....
1,000,000/1000 = 1000 people per sq mile

if Alaska had the same number of people per square mile (1000 people per square mile)...and it has 663,000 square miles....1000 * 663,000 = 663,000,000....it would have a population of 663 million people.