SOLUTION: please help me solve this word problem: A large western state consists of 3560 million acres of land. Approximately 70% of this land is federally owned. Find the number of acres

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Question 1070771: please help me solve this word problem: A large western state consists of 3560 million acres of land. Approximately 70% of this land is federally owned. Find the number of acres that are not federally owned.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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70% are federally owned so 30% are not.
A=%2830%2F100%29%283560%29
Work that out with a calculator to find out how many millions of acres are not federally owned.