The town of manchester (50,000) has the shape of a rectangle that is 5 miles wide and 7 miles long.What is the population density, in people per square mile, in Manchester? Round your answer to the nearest whole number of people per sqaure mile.

First calculate the area of the rectangle in square miles: 

A = L x w   5 x 7 = 35 square miles 

Now divided the number of people into the area:  50,000 / 35 = 1,428.57143 

Round to nearest whole number of people:  1,429 people per square mile.

To check: 1428.57143 * 35 = 50,000