If someone has a networth of 7.92×10^10 .suppose that this individual now decides to give one-eighth of a percent of his new net worth to charity. how many dollars are given to charity?

The amount of charity is .

Further explanation:  

The scientific notation of a number can be written as,

Here, the value of lies between .

Procedure used:

To find the cost of item first determine the cost of one item and then multiply it by .

Given:

The net worth of person is in dollars.

Step by step explanation:

Step 1:

It can be seen that the net worth is given in the scientific notation.

First we convert into numerical figures.

It can be seen that in the number has two digits after the decimal.

Therefore, the decimal number can be converted into fraction form as,

The number can be calculated as,

Now evaluate the expression   as,

Step 2:

From step 1, the value of the expression is .

It is given that the percent of charity is .

Therefore, the percent of charity given can be converted into the decimal as,

Multiply by   to obtain the amount of charity as,

Therefore, the amount of charity is .

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Answer details:

Grade: Junior school

Subject: Mathematics

Chapter: Fraction

Keywords: Dollars, multiply, net worth, charity, percent, fraction, amount, decimal, scientific notation, one-eighth, conversion, numerical figure.