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A large western state consists of 3129 million acres of land. Approximately 55% of this land is federally owned. Find the number of acres that are not federally owned

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1408.5 acres

Step-by-step explanation:

If 55% of the land is federally owned, then 100 - 55 = 45% of the land is not federally owned.

We need to find how many acres are not federally owned, in other words, we need to find how many acres represent 45% of the total 3129 acres. So, to do this we can apply a rule of three:

3129 acres ---- 100%

x acres     ------ 45%

[tex]x=\frac{(3129)(45)}{100} =3129(0.45)= 1408.05[/tex]

Therefore, the total of acres that are not federally owned are 1408.5 acres.

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