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The total area of Florida.
Answer to Problem 37PPE
Area of Florida is 66000 square miles.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Water covers about 11800 square miles of Florida.
This is about 18% of Florida’s area.
Calculation:
x% of a number a, represented by b, can be calculated as:
Therefore, put the given values:
Therefore, the total area of Florida is
Rounding off to the nearest thousand square miles:
Area of Florida is 66000 square miles.
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