9) State A has an area of 95,500 square miles and has 26 EPA superfund sites. State B has an area of 10750 square miles and has 6 EPA superfund sites. The Federal government will budget more money to the state with the higher rate of superfund sites. Which states should receive the money?
Calculation for State A
Rate of superfund sites for state A = (number of superfund sites)/(Area)
we have EPA = 26 and Area = 95500 square miles
setting the values, we get
Rate of superfund sites for state A= (26/95500) = 0.0002723 EPA per site
Similarly for State B
Rate of superfund sites for state B = (number of superfund sites)/(Area)
we have EPA = 6 and Area = 10750 square miles
setting the values, we get
Rate of superfund sites for state B= (6/10750) = 0.0005581 EPA per site
So, it is clear that STATE B has higher rate of superfunds sites, so State B will receive the money
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