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Question from Kgosi: How much is 1.5% of 1 trillion? |
Hi Kgosi,
The meaning of a trillion is dependent on where you live. Look a the Wikipedia trillion page. In South Africa you seem to use 1,000,000,000,000 or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 depending on the language being used.
1.5% is $\frac{1.5}{100} = 0.015$ and hence 1.5 percent of a trillion is 0.015 times a trillion.
Penny
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