Hi. My name is Jessalyn and I am taking Math 96. Last week my professor was teaching on scientific notations but not finding percentages and I am alittle confused. Here is the question for my hw assignment: Question: "Almost a billion people on the planet don't have access to clean drinking water." If there were 7.2×109 people in the world in 2014, then approximately what percent of them lived without clean drinking water? Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.

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Hi. My name is Jessalyn and I am taking Math 96. Last week my professor was teaching on scientific notations but not finding percentages and I am alittle confused.

Here is the question for my hw assignment:

Question: "Almost a billion people on the planet don't have access to clean drinking water." If there were 7.2×109 people in the world in 2014, then approximately what percent of them lived without clean drinking water? Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.

 

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