Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Real World Math-Did The Government Get It Wrong?

Proportions!  We have been looking at how to use them since Chapter 5.  Did the creator of this graphic from the President's State of the Union from January 25 get it wrong.  Is the United States circle too big?



How would we use a proportion to determine if the size of the presumed circle is correct for the United States?




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