Problema Solution
According to the authors of a certain book, in a global village of 250 people, 30 suffer from malnutrition. How many people of the worlds 6.9 billion people suffer from malnutrition?
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Let 'x' represent the number of people (in billions) from the 6.9 billion population that suffer from malnutrition.
30 : 250 = x : 6.9
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x = 0.828 billion
0.828 billion or 828 million of people out of 6.9 billion suffered from malnutrition.