1986 AHSME Problems/Problem 8
Problem
The population of the United States in was . The area of the country is square miles. There are square feet in one square mile. Which number below best approximates the average number of square feet per person?
Solution
With about million people and under million square miles, there are about people per square mile. Since a square mile is about million square feet, that gives approximately of a million square feet per person. is approximately half, so the answer is approximately half a million, which is .
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