Answer
Approximately 1600 of the NY supermarkets are in medium to large population areas.
1762 NY supermarkets are in medium to large population areas.
Work Step by Step
Use front end rounding to estimate the number of supermarkets in NY.
$2202 \approx 2000$
Multiply by $\frac{4}{5}$ to find the number that are in medium to large population areas.
$2000 \times \frac{4}{5}$ = $\frac{2000}{1} \times \frac{4}{5}$ = $\frac{8000}{5}$ = $\frac{8000 \div 5}{5 \div 5}$ = $\frac{1600}{1}$ = 1600
To find the exact number that are in medium to large population areas multiply the exact number of NY supermarkets by $\frac{4}{5}$.
$2202 \times \frac{4}{5}$ = $\frac{2202}{1} \times \frac{4}{5}$ = $\frac{8808}{5}$ = $\frac{8808 \div 5}{5 \div 5}$ = $\frac{1761R3}{1}$ = $1761 \frac{3}{5}$ $\approx 1762$
