Using the data above, how many people would be expected to live in Japan if the proportion of people to square miles were the same in Japan as in the United States?

Respuesta :

[tex]\begin{gathered} For\text{ United States} \\ d=\frac{309,000,000}{3,717,811}=83.11 \\ For\text{ Japan} \\ d=83.11 \\ 83.11=\frac{People}{145,883} \\ Solving\text{ People} \\ People=(83.11)(145,883) \\ People=12,124,336 \\ The\text{ number of people in Japan is 12,124,336} \end{gathered}[/tex]