The 2014 populations and land areas are shown in Table 28 for various states.

Round all unit ratios to the second decimal place:
a. Find the unit ratio of New York€™s population to New Jersey€™s population. What does your result mean in this situation?
b. Find the unit ratio of Alaska€™s land area to California€™s land area. What does your result mean in this situation?
c. The unit ratio of population to land area is called the population density. Find the population density of each state listed in Table 28.
d. Which state listed in Table 28 has the greatest population density? Which has the least?
e. A person believes that Michigan has a greater population density than New Jersey, because Michigan€™s population is more than New Jersey€™s population. Is that person correct? Explain.

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Table 28 Populations and Land Areas Land Area (square miles) 571,951 155,959 56,804 State Alaska California Michigan New Jersey New York Population 736,732 38,802,500 9,883,640 8,791,894 19,378,102 7417 47214