Answer:
The population of small town is 40,000. The expression [tex]4\times 10^4[/tex] represents the approximate population of the small town.
Step-by-step explanation:
The population of the city is
[tex]6\times 10^5=600,000[/tex]
Let the population of small town be x.
It is given that the population of city is about 15 times as great as the small town.
[tex]15x=600,000[/tex]
Divide both sides by 15.
[tex]\frac{15x}{15}=\frac{600,000}{15}[/tex]
[tex]x=40,000[/tex]
It can be written as
[tex]x=4\times 10^4[/tex]
Therefore population of small town is 40,000. The expression [tex]4\times 10^4[/tex] represents the approximate population of the small town.
