The accompanying table gives the population of the six U.S. states with the largest populations in 2008 and the area of these states.

a. Determine and report the rankings of the population density by dividing each population by the number of square miles to get the population density (in people per square mile). Use rank 1 for the highest density.
b. If you wanted to live in the state (of these six) with the lowest population density, which would you choose?
c. It you wanted to live in the state (of these six) with the highest population density, which would you choose?

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State Pennsylvania Illinois Florida New York Texas California Population 12,901,56 18,328,340 19,490,297 24,326,974 36,756,666 Area (square miles) 44,817 55,584 53,927 47,214 261,797 55.959