In a certain​ region, about 11 ,000 people are needed to support a fire station. How many fire stations would you expect in a city of 2 million​ people?

Mathematics · Middle School · Mon Jan 18 2021

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Given the statement:

In a certain​ region, about 11,000 people are needed to support a fire station.

Determine how many fire stations would you expect in a city of 2 million people.

Solution:

In order to determine how many fire stations would you expect in a city of 2 million people, we simply need to divide 2 million by 11,000.

= 2,000,000 / 11,000

= 181.8 

Since we need a concise answer in whole number, we simply round off the answer to the nearest whole number.

= 182

Final answer:

= 182 fire stations