Tim is doing a school project on the State of Tennessee. He has decided that he wants to see on average how many people live in each square mile of Tennessee.
The area of Tennessee › How could he find this? › What shape is Tennessee? Parallelogram How do you find the area of a parallelogram? Find out by going to Base of Tennessee (East to West Measurement) = 430 mi Height of Tennessee (South to North Measurement) = 110 mi
How many people live in Tennessee? Go to and find out. So what is the average population per square mile of Tennessee? Next, compare this population per square mile to the population per square mile of Pennsylvania, be prepared to share your solution and reasoning.
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