SOLUTION: If 11% of the 240 million adult Americans live in poverty, how many adult Americans live in poverty? ___ million adult Americans

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Question 770442: If 11% of the 240 million adult Americans live in poverty, how many adult Americans live in poverty?
___ million adult Americans
Answer by lenny460(1073) About Me  (Show Source):
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If 11% of the 240 million adult Americans live in poverty, how many adult Americans live in poverty?
___ million adult Americans

240,000,000 / 100 = 2,400,000
Therefore:
11 * 2,400,000
= 26,400,000

Answer:
26,400,000









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