SOLUTION: The population of North Carolina is the sum of its urban population and its rural population. Its urban population in 2000 was approximately 4.8 million, which was 60% of its total

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Question 1195427: The population of North Carolina is the sum of its urban population and its rural population. Its urban population in 2000 was approximately 4.8 million, which was 60% of its total population. Based on this approximation, what was the rural population of North Carolina, in millions, in 2000?
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The population of North Carolina is the sum of its urban population and its rural population.
Its urban population in 2000 was approximately 4.8 million, which was 60% of its total population.
Based on this approximation, what was the rural population of North Carolina, in millions, in 2000?
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Let the total population be x millions.


Then from the problem, we have this equation to determine x

    0.6x = 4.8  millions.


It implies  x =  =  = 8.


Thus the total population is 8 millions.


Then the rural population is  8 - 4.8 = 3.2  millions.    ANSWER

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