SOLUTION: A large western state consists of 2627 million acres of land. Approximately 77% of this land is federally owned. Find the number of acres that are not federally owned.

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Question 1164550: A large western state consists of 2627 million acres of land. Approximately 77% of this land is federally owned. Find the number of acres that are not federally owned.
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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This is 2627 million *0.23=603.29 million
[Note: 640 acres per square mile, and there are about 2.3 billion acres in the country altogether.]