Question

The total area or NC is 53,800 square miles. Land accounts for 48800 square miles. What percent of North Carolina is covered in water?

Answer 1

If 48,800 square miles are covered by land, then
53,800 sq  mi - 48,800 sq mi = 5,000 sq mi are covered by water.

To find a percent, divide the part by the whole and multiply by 100.
Part = 5,000 sq mi; whole = 53,800 sq mi.

% of water = 5,000/53,800 * 100 = 0.092936 * 100 = 9.29%

Answer 2

About 9.3 percent of North Carolina is covered in water. 
53800-48800 = 5000.
5000/53800 = 0.09293...
0.09293... * 100 = 9.29...
Final answer: 9.3