The length of the Mississippi river is 2336.8 miles
From the question,
The Mississippi river is about 23/25 the length of the Missouri river
Also, from the question, we have that
The Missouri river is 2540 miles long
To determine how long the Mississippi river is, we will multiply 23/25 by the length of the Missouri river
That is,
Length of the Mississippi river = [tex]\frac{23}{25} \times 2540 \ miles[/tex]
Length of the Mississippi river = [tex]\frac{23 \times 2540 }{25} \ miles[/tex]
Length of the Mississippi river = [tex]\frac{58420 }{25} \ miles[/tex]
Length of the Mississippi river = [tex]2336.8\ miles[/tex]
Hence, the length of the Mississippi river is 2336.8 miles
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