Jada lives in a city that has an area of 344.6 square miles. Her friend lives in a town that is one-tenth, or 0.1, that size. What is the area of her friend's town?

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Neri · Answer 1 · 2016-07-15T06:11:34+0000

Answer:

The area of her friend's town
$= 34.46\text{square miles}$

Explanation:

Given : Jada lives in a city that has an area of 344.6 square miles.

Her friend lives in a town that is one-tenth, or 0.1, that size.

To find : The area of her friend's town.

Solution : The area of Jada house = 344.6 square miles.

Her friends house is one-tenth or 0.1 of 344.6 square miles.

Actual area of her friend's house is = 0.1 of Area of Jada house

= 0.1* 344.6

$= 34.46\text{square miles}$

Therefore, The area of her friend's town
$= 34.46\text{square miles}$