Question

there are about 5 × 10^5 people living in wyoming. there are about 5,000,000 people living in colorado. which number makes the statement below true? the population of wyoming is about □ times the population of colorado.

Explanation:

Step1: Write population of Colorado in scientific - notation

$5000000 = 5\times10^{6}$

Step2: Calculate the ratio

$\frac{5\times 10^{5}}{5\times 10^{6}}=\frac{5}{5}\times\frac{10^{5}}{10^{6}} = 1\times10^{5 - 6}=1\times10^{- 1}=0.1$

Answer:

A. 0.1