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In 1977, federal budget outlays for the United States totale [#permalink] New post   13 Jul 2020, 10:37
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In 1977, federal budget outlays for the United States totaled approximately how many billion dollars?

(A) 200
(B) 300
(C) 400
(D) 500
(E) 600


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Re: In 1977, federal budget outlays for the United States totale [#permalink] New post   14 Jul 2020, 05:45
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We are told military expenditure is around $108 billion and that is roughly 25% of federal budget outlays.

So to calculate federal budget outlays we need to state 108=25/100*x so x=432≈400 billion.
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Re: In 1977, federal budget outlays for the United States totale [#permalink] New post   24 Sep 2020, 21:54
expenditure is 100 billion dollars.
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