Basic College Mathematics (10th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Adding and Subtracting Fractions - Mixed Review Exercises - Page 258: 27

Answer

$$2\frac{1}{2} \ billion $$

Work Step by Step

We subtract the new population from the original population to find the increase. As an estimate, the increase is: $$ 4 \ billion - 1 \ billion \approx 3 \ billion$$ The exact increase is: $$ 3\frac{3}{5} \ billion - 1 \frac{1}{10} \ billion \\ 2 + (\frac{6}{10} -\frac{1}{10}) \ billion \\ 2+ \frac{5}{10} \ billion \\ 2\frac{1}{2} \ billion $$
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