Question

Alaska has a coastline of about 6.64 thousand miles Florida has about 1.35 thousand miles of coastline. How many times more miles of coastline does Alaska have than Florida? Round to the nearest tenth if necessary. Justify your procedure.

Answer 1

You just have to divide the length of the coastline of Alaska by the length of the coastline of Florida, and then round.

6.64 * 10^3 miles / 1.35 * 10^3 miles = 4.92

Which rounded to the nearest tenth is 4.9

Answer: 4.9