Can anyone explain these problems to me? We didn't go over them in class before they were assigned as home work.

The estimated world population is 7 times 10 to the 9th power. Of the total population 682 million of those people are lefties. About what percentage of the world are lefties?

The Atlantic Ocean contains about 2 times 10 to the 16th power gallons of water. Lake Ontario contains 8,000,000,000,000 gallons of water. About how many Lake Ontarios would it take to fill the Atlantic Ocean?

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claudettoterohil claudettoterohil · Answer 1 · 2018-09-10T03:32:37+02:00

1) 682,000, 000 ~ 700, 000, 000 = 7 * 10^8

7 * 10^8 / 7 * 10^9

7 / 7 * 10^8 / 10^9

1 * 1 / 10

Answer ======> 1 / 10

About one -tenth of the population is left-handed, which is equal to 10%.

2): 8,000,000,000,000 = 8 * 10^12

Lake Ontario / Atlantic Ocean

2 * 10^16 / 8 * 10^12 = 2 / 8 * 10^16 / 10^12

1 / 4 * 10^4

0.25 * 10^4

Answer =====> 2,500

Therefore, Answer: It will take 2,500 Lake Ontario's to fill the Atlantic Ocean.

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