SOLUTION: If a meteorite falls randomly in the southern hemisphere, what is the probability it will fall in Australia with Australia's area being 2,940,000 miles squared?

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Question 954803: If a meteorite falls randomly in the southern hemisphere, what is the probability it will fall in Australia with Australia's area being 2,940,000 miles squared?
Answer by macston(5194) About Me  (Show Source):
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Total surface area of earth=1.97%2A10%5E8mi%5E2
Southern hemisphere=%281%2F2%29%281.97%2A10%5E8mi%5E2%29=9.85%2A10%5E7mi%5E2
%282.94%2A10%5E6mi%5E2%29%2F%281.97%2A10%5E8mi%5E2%29=2.94%2F197 or about 1.5%