In 2009, the federal government budget was $3.1
trillion ($3,100,000,000,000)
. The government was looking to cut costs. a. If it decided to cut 1%
, how much money did it cut? b. If the government reduced the budget by 7%
, how much money did it cut? c. If the government eliminated $93
billion ($93,000,000,000)
from the budget, what percentage did it cut?
