Using 1,706.3 square miles of water and 59,423.1 total, about what percentage of Georgia’s 2024 area is water?
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Water makes up approximately 2.87 percent of Georgia's rounded 2024 total area: 1,706.3 divided by 59,423.1 times 100.
The calculation is water area divided by total area, multiplied by 100. Using only land area as the denominator would produce a different ratio, so the word total is an essential part of the question.