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Decide whether the following statement makes sense​ (or is clearly​ true) or does not make sense​ (or is clearly​ false). Explain your reasoning. In​ total, the 300 million people in a certain country spend about a billion dollars per year on housing costs​ (rent and home mortgage​ payments).

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Answer:

  False

Step-by-step explanation:

The average spending per person for a year's housing cost would be ...

  10^9/(3×10^8) ≈ 3.33 . . . dollars per person per year

Even in the world's poorest countries, housing costs are much greater than this. The statement does not make sense.