The populations of two towns, town A and town B, are being compared. The population of town A is 4 x 10⁴ and the population of B is 2 x 10⁵. How many times greater is the population of town B than town A?

A. 0.2
B. 0.5
C. 2
D. 5

Respuesta :

Answer:

= D. 5

The population of town B is 5 times greater than town A

Step-by-step explanation:

[tex]i.e \: \frac{2 \times 10 {}^{5} }{4 \times 10 {}^{4} } = \frac{2 \times 10 {}^{1} }{4 \times 10 {}^{0} } = \frac{20}{4} = 5.[/tex]