Question

Alaska has a coastline of about 6 64 thousand miles. Florida has about 1.35 thousand miles of coastline. How many time more coastline does Alaska have than Florida? Round the nearest tenth if necessary. justify your produce

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Answer 1

Alaska's coastline is 4.9 times greater than Florida's coastline

Explanation:

Let

x ------> Alaska's coastline in thousand miles

y ------> Florida's coastline in thousand miles

we have

`x=6.64`

`y=1.35`

The ratio of Alaska's coastline to Florida's coastline is equal to

`(x)/(y) =(6.64)/(1.35)`

`(x)/(y) =4.9`

so

`x=4.9y`

therefore

Alaska's coastline is 4.9 times greater than Florida's coastline