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In the United States in 2000, withdrawals of water totaled 408 billion gallons per day. If freshwater withdrawals were 85 percent of the total, how many billions of gallons of freshwater per day was withdrawn?
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In the United States in 2000, withdrawals of water totaled 408 billion gallons per day. If freshwater withdrawals were 85 percent of the total, how many billions of gallons of freshwater per day was withdrawn?

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346

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356,800,000,000 gallons. .85 * 408 is 356.8, so that multiplied by one billion is the answer.
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