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10% of the world’s population is left-handed. If there are 7,400,000,000 people on the planet, how many are left-handed and how many are right handed?

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Answer:

740,000,000 people are left handed and around 666,000,000 people are right handed.

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User Jwg
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740,000,000 left handed people
6,660,000,000 right handed people
Steps:
10% is equal to 0.1
7,400,000,000 multiplied by 0.1
Equals 740,000,000 left handed
Total amount of people subtract left handed people equal right handed people
7,400,000,000 - 740,000,000 = 6,660,000,000 right handed people
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