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To calculate: The amount of Earth’s surface is covered by land.
Answer to Problem 41E
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
About
Formula used:
If a complete
Consider the provided statement “about
Recall that if a complete circle is divided into two parts and if proportion of one part is x then the proportion of second part is 1-x.
Here, Earth represents the one circle which is divided into two parts i.e., land and water. The proportion of water is given as
So, Earth’s surface covered by land is,
Hence,
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