Question

In the United States, the five Great Lakes cover an area of 94,710 square miles. The smallest of the Great Lakes, Lake Ontario, covers an area of 7,540 square miles. Write a fraction in simplest form that compares the area of Lake Ontario to the total area of all the Great Lakes. Then write the fraction as a decimal to the nearest hundredth

Answer 1

> Write a fraction in simplest form that compares the area of Lake Ontario to the total area of all the Great Lakes.

The area of lake Ontario is, O = 7,540 square miles

while the area of all the Great lakes is, G = 94,710 square miles

Taking the ratio O / G we get the value:

O / G = 7,540 square miles / 94,710 square miles

O / G = 754/9471

> write the fraction as a decimal to the nearest hundredth

Simply divide the ratio:

O / G = 0.08