In the united states, the five great lakes cover an area of 94,710 square miles. The smallest of the great lakes, lake ontario, covers an area of 7540 square miles. Write a fraction in simplest form that compares the area of lake ontario to the total area of all the great lakes. Then write the fraction as a decimal to the nearest hundredth.

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Solution: We are given:

The area covered by five great lakes in United States [tex]=94,710[/tex] square miles.

The area covered by the smallest of the great lakes, Lake Ontario [tex]=7,540[/tex] square miles.

The fraction of the area of Ontario lake to the total area of all the great lakes is:

[tex]\frac{7,540}{94,710}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{754}{9471}[/tex]

Therefore, the simplest form of fraction is [tex]\frac{754}{9471}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{754}{9471}=0.08[/tex]