The land John owns covers an area of 2.17 x 104 square miles. The land Sam owns covers an area of 5.34 x 103 square miles. About how many times greater is the area owned by John than the area owned by Sam?

4.064 times

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1

Area  of  Land owned by John =2.17 x 104 square miles

Area  of  Land owned by Sam= 5.34 x 103 square miles.

When we say about how many times is a quantity greeter than the other we mean that  how much is the smaller quantity contained in the larger quantity. and in such cases, we divide.

Area  of  Land owned by John/Area  of  Land owned by Sam

=2.17 x 104 square miles/ 5.34 x 103 square miles

=21,700 square miles /5,340 square miles

=4.064 times

Therefore  we say that John's owns an area of land  by 4.064 times Sam's land.

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