Refer to the picture of the Earth shown below to answer the following questions: (a) What is the surface area of the Earth to the nearest square mile? (b) Approximately 30% of the Earth’s surface is land. How many square miles of the Earth is land?

Refer to the picture of the Earth shown below to answer the following questions: (a) What is the surface area of the Earth to the nearest square mile? (b) Approximately 30% of the Earth’s surface is land. How many square miles of the Earth is land?

Elementary Geometry For College Students, 7e

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