Answer:
About 139,764,705.9 users were added, on average, per year, from 1995 to 2012.
Step-by-step explanation:
The problem states that in june 2012, about 2.4 billion people used the internet - 100 times more than the number of people who used it in June 1995.
So, in June 2012, 2.4 billion people used the internet.
In June 1995, [tex]\frac{2,400,000,000}{100} = 24,000,000[/tex] = 24 million people used the internet.
About how many people were added on average each year from 1995 to 2012?
[tex]2012 - 1995 = 17[/tex]. There were 17 years between 1995 and 2012.
[tex]2,400,000,000 - 24,000,000 = 2,376,000,000[/tex]. There were 2,376,000,000 internet users added during this 17-year period. To find this number per year, we solve the following rule of three:
1 year - x users
17 years - 2,376,000,000 users
[tex]17x = 2,376,000,000[/tex]
[tex]x = \frac{2,376,000,000}{17}[/tex]
[tex]x = 139,764,705.9[/tex]
About 139,764,705.9 users were added, on average, per year, from 1995 to 2012.
