Question

Alaska has a land area of about 1,700,000 square kilometers. Florida has a land area 1/10 the size of Alaska. What is the land area of Florida? Explain how you found your answer

Answer 1

A = 1.7 million km^2

F = 0.1 x 1.7 million km^2

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Therefore:

F= 0.17 million km^2

Answer:

170,000 km^2