Question

In 2003, there were about 5.8078 X 10^8 people using the Internet in the world and about 1.6575 X 10^8 of these people were in the United States. What percent of Internet users in 2003 were in the United States? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Answer 1

28.5% Internet users in 2003 were in the United States.

Explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Number of people using the internet =

`5.8078 * 10^8`

Number of people in United States =

`1.6575 * 10^8`

Percent of Internet users in 2003 were in the United States =

`=\frac{\text{Number of users in United States}}{\text{Number of internet user in world}}* 100\%\\\\=( 1.6575 * 10^8)/(5.8078 * 10^8)* 100\%\\\\=28.5\%`

Thus, 28.5% Internet users in 2003 were in the United States.