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According to a 20182018 Gallup poll of adults around the world, 15%15\% of respondents said they would like to move permanently to another country if they had the opportunity. If the poll results are representative of the approximately 55 billion adults in the world, approximately how many adults world wide would like to move permanently to another country if they had the opportunity?\newlineChoose 11 answer:\newline(A) 7575 million\newline(B) 300300 million\newline(C) 750750 million\newline(D) 1.51.5 billion

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Q. According to a 20182018 Gallup poll of adults around the world, 15%15\% of respondents said they would like to move permanently to another country if they had the opportunity. If the poll results are representative of the approximately 55 billion adults in the world, approximately how many adults world wide would like to move permanently to another country if they had the opportunity?\newlineChoose 11 answer:\newline(A) 7575 million\newline(B) 300300 million\newline(C) 750750 million\newline(D) 1.51.5 billion
  1. Determine percentage of adults: Determine the percentage of adults who would like to move permanently to another country. According to the Gallup poll, 15%15\% of respondents said they would like to move.
  2. Calculate number of adults: Calculate the number of adults worldwide who would like to move based on the given percentage.\newlineSince there are approximately 55 billion adults in the world, we multiply 55 billion by 15%15\% (or 0.150.15) to find the number of adults who would like to move.\newline5,000,000,000×0.15=750,000,0005,000,000,000 \times 0.15 = 750,000,000
  3. Verify calculation and compare: Verify the calculation and compare it with the given answer choices.\newlineThe calculation from Step 22 gives us 750750 million adults. This matches one of the given answer choices.

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