The most common Native American language used in 2010 is Navajo, with about 169,000 people speaking the language nationally. If there are about 308.7 million people in the United States, what fraction of people speak Navajo? Write the ratio of these two population numbers as a decimal and percent.

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Shamar Bauer

20 September, 11:10

The most common Native American language used in 2010 is Navajo, with about 169,000 people speaking the language nationally. If there are about 308.7 million people in the United States, what fraction of people speak Navajo? Write the ratio of these two population numbers as a decimal and percent.

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Isaiah Estes · Answer 1

169,000/308,700,000 which can be simplified to 169/308,700 and decimal form just divide 169,000 by 308,700,000 and you get. 0005474571, and percentage multiply the decimal by 100 so you get. 055% (rounded)