According to a 2018 Gallup poll of adults around the world, 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 5 billion adults in the world, approximately how many adults world wide would like to move permanently to another country if they had the opportunity? Choose 1 answer: (A) 75 million (B) 300 million (C) 750 million (D) 1.5 billion

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According to a 2018 Gallup poll of adults around the world,  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 5 billion adults in the world, approximately how many adults world wide would like to move permanently to another country if they had the opportunity? Choose 1 answer: (A) 75 million (B) 300 million (C) 750 million (D) 1.5 billion

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Determine percentage of adults: Determine the percentage of adults who would like to move permanently to another country. According to the Gallup poll, 15% of respondents said they would like to move. Calculate number of adults: Calculate the number of adults worldwide who would like to move based on the given percentage. Since there are approximately 5 billion adults in the world, we multiply 5 billion by 15% (or 0.15) to find the number of adults who would like to move. 5,000,000,000 * 0.15 = 750,000,000Verify calculation and compare: Verify the calculation and compare it with the given answer choices. The calculation from Step 2 gives us 750 million adults. This matches one of the given answer choices.

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