Curing Cancer 2
Algebra
Level
1
If a patient has a tumor containing one billion ( ) cancer cells and she is given a cure that is 99% effective at killing malignant cells, about how many cells will remain after the treatment?
The answer is 10000000.
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1 solution
Relevant wiki: Very Small Numbers
1 0 9 ∗ 0 . 0 1 = 1 0 7