Question 570075
About 46.2 billion pieces of unopened junk mail ends up in the ladfills each year. This is about 44% of all the junk mail that is sent annually. How many pieces of junk mail are sent anually. 
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Let "x" be the total # of pieces sent.
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Equation:
0.44x = 46.2 billion
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x = 46.2 billion/0.44
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x = 105 billion
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cheers,
Stan H.
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