The total area or NC is 53,800 square miles. Land accounts for 48800 square miles. What percent of North Carolina is covered in water?

About 9.3 percent of North Carolina is covered in water.

53800-48800 = 5000.

5000/53800 = 0.09293 ...

0.09293 ... * 100 = 9.29 ...

Final answer: 9.3

If 48,800 square miles are covered by land, then

53,800 sq mi - 48,800 sq mi = 5,000 sq mi are covered by water.

To find a percent, divide the part by the whole and multiply by 100.

Part = 5,000 sq mi; whole = 53,800 sq mi.

% of water = 5,000/53,800 * 100 = 0.092936 * 100 = 9.29%