Question

Santa's sleigh is powered by units of Christmas spirit. If 9/10 people show Christmas spirit Santa's sleigh will deliver all packages. If there are 13,000,000 people in Pennsylvania, how many people would have to show Christmas spirit for packages to be delivered in PA? Make sure to put commas in your answer and use a calculator if you need to. * 2 points

Answer 1

Answer: 11,700,000

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of people in Pennsylvania =13,000,000

Fraction of people that will show Christmas spirit for Santa's sleigh to deliver all packages = 9/10

The number of people that would have to show Christmas spirit for packages to be delivered in PA will be:

= 9/10 × 13,000,000

= 11,700,000