i researched and im doing a research paper adn 5 % of the world has this disease and there are approzimatly 6.5 billion people in the world so i tried to find the awser but the awnser i found doesnt sound reasonable to me so if u could find that out for me it would be much appreciated thanks!
2007-01-27 08:40:25 · 8 answers · asked by i love dogs 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
It's a research paper for school and its my first research paper so be nice!
2007-01-27 09:05:26 · update #1
This is simple math, nothing more. The confusion may come from the fact that there are actually different definitions of a "billion" depending where you are in the world. However, the population of the world that gives the answer 6.5 billion uses the U.S. definition of a billion, which means a 1000 million. If there are 6.5 billion people in the world, this equals 6,500 million. 5% of this is 325 million, which is a lot - close to the population of the United States.
2007-01-27 08:50:32 · answer #1 · answered by Enigma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can't figure out 5% of 6.5 billion, you have no business doing 'research' - at least, not any research anyone would be expected to pay attention to.
1 billion is 1,000,000,000; so 1% of 1 billion is 10,000,000
1% of 6,500,000,000 is 6.5 times 10,000,000 or 65,000,000
5% of 6,500,000,000 is (5 X 65,000,000) or 325,000,000
You could also do that in one step on a calculator - multiply 6,500,000,000 by 0.05; or divide it by 20.
A more interesting question is distribution - no disease would be expected to be evenly spread throughout the world. It must be more common in certain areas or groups of people than others, and that variation tells you something about the disease.
If you plan on writing a 'research paper' you may also want to brush up on your writing skills. I recommend "Sin Boldly" by David R. Williams.
2007-01-27 08:57:34 · answer #2 · answered by dukefenton 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Population as of 1:45 PST Jan 27 2007 = 6,683,981,134
%5 = 1/20 so the deathe would be appx 334,199,000
2007-01-27 08:49:20 · answer #3 · answered by startrektosnewenterpriselovethem 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just do the math. As of July 2006, there was an estimated 6,525,170,264 people in the world.
2007-01-27 08:45:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
An estimated 6,525,170,264, 1% of this is 65251702.46, multiply that by 5 and you have 326258513.2
So, 5% = roughly 326 million
2007-01-27 08:52:41 · answer #5 · answered by So_Long_Marianne 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The US goverment's last global population esticmate was 6,525,170,264 (July 2006), so that number multiplued by .05 is roughtly 326,258,513.
2007-01-27 08:48:43 · answer #6 · answered by faultygrrl 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
It's an interesting math problem - multiply the number by the % and yep... that's how many!! It's a lot, isn't it???
2007-01-27 08:46:53 · answer #7 · answered by h2ocalla 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Just do the math: 6,500,000,000 x .05 = _____________.
2007-01-27 08:49:00 · answer #8 · answered by The Man In The Box 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋