SOLUTION: The area of the earth's surface is about 530 million km square, approximately seven tenth of the earth's surface is water. A,What fraction is land? B,How many square kilometers of

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Question 1020459: The area of the earth's surface is about 530 million km square, approximately seven tenth of the earth's surface is water. A,What fraction is land? B,How many square kilometers of the earth's surface is land?
Answer by Cromlix(4381) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi there,
7/10 x 530 million km square
= 371 million km square is water
3/10 of the Earth's surface is land
3/10 x 530 million km squared
= 159 million km squared.
Hope this helps :-)