About 15 million hectares of the total area of tropical rainforests covering approximately 2 billion hectares disappear every year. How many percent do the annually disappearing forests account for of the total area? a. 75,0 % b. 0,075 % c. 7,5 % d. 0,75 %
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To do this, we divide 15 million by 2 billion and multiply by 100 to get the percentage. 15,000,000 / 2,000,000,000 * 100 = 0.75% So, the annually disappearing forests account for 0.75% of the total area. Show more…
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