Chapter 0.7, Problem 8E

To determine

To find: the number of times as many malls in California as in Ohio

Answer to Problem 8E

There are $\frac{26}{7}$ times as many malls in California as in Ohio.

Explanation of Solution

Given:

  

Calculation:

Bar height for Ohio is more than midpoint between 1000 and 2000 lines, but less than 2000 line.

Thus, it can be said that Ohio has 1750 malls.

And it can be seen from graph that bar height for California's column is about midway of 6000 and 7000 lines.

So, malls in California = 6500 malls.

To find, how many times are there malls in California as in Ohio, use division

Times malls in California to Ohio is given by,

  $\begin{array}{c}\text{malls in California}÷\text{malls in Ohio}=6500÷1750\\ =\frac{26}{7}\end{array}$

Thus, there are $\frac{26}{7}$ times as many malls in California as in Ohio.

Conclusion:

Thus, there are $\frac{26}{7}$ times as many malls in California as in Ohio.