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Since the answers are so far appart, we just need to compute the # of figures the answer contains. So by approximating all the values for the hourly rate we have <math>\frac{300,000,000}{5 * 30 * 30} \approx \frac{300,000,000}{5000} = 60,000</math> which is <math>\boxed{\text{(C)}60,000}</math>  
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<math>\frac{292,526,838}{6.5} \approx \boxed{\text{(C)}60,000}</math>. This is the answer because <math>60,000</math> is closer to <math>\frac{292,526,838}{6.5}</math> than to all the other options.
 
  
 
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==Animated Video Solution==
 
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Revision as of 20:55, 24 January 2023

Written Solution

Since the answers are so far appart, we just need to compute the # of figures the answer contains. So by approximating all the values for the hourly rate we have $\frac{300,000,000}{5 * 30 * 30} \approx \frac{300,000,000}{5000} = 60,000$ which is $\boxed{\text{(C)}60,000}$

~apex304, SohumUttamchandani, wuwang2002, TaeKim, Cxrupptedpat

Animated Video Solution

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