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It is estimated that 1,000 to 10,000 species go extinct each year. Assume an extinction rate of 5,000 species/ year. How many species have gone extinct while sitting in a 45 minute class?

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there are 525600 minutes in a year. when you divide that by 11,680 you get 45 minutes. I could be wrong, but I believe the answer is 0.4280821

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