About 24.8 million people live in Texas.About 0.6 million people live in Vermont.How many times as many people live in Texas than Vermont?Round to the nearest tenth if necessary

Respuesta :

About 41.3 
If you divide 24.8 by 0.6, then you get 41.3 (continuing)
Another way you can check this is by multiplying 41.3*0.6= 24.78 which rounds to 24.8

Answer:  About 41.3 times

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : The number of people live in Texas = 24.8 million

The number of people live in Vermont =  0.6 million

Now, the fraction of the number of people live in Texas and number of people live in Vermont  will be :-

[tex]\dfrac{24.8\text{ million}}{\text{ 0.6 million}}\\\\\=\dfrac{248}{6}=41.3333333333\approx41.3 \ \ [\text{Rounded to the nearest tenth}][/tex]

Hence, the people live in Texas is  about 41.3 times more than Vermont.