document.write( "Question 851345: The table shows areas of seven continents on earth, which has the area of approximately 1.97x10^8 (the x means multiplication) square miles.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "South America 7.215 × 106
\n" ); document.write( "Antarctica 5.117 × 106
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document.write( "p(fall on Africa) = 100* 1.1647x10^7/1.97x10^8 
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document.write( "                  = 100* .5612x10^(-1) = 100*.05612 = 5.6 % \n" );
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