return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 6 months agoThe world will have its first trillionaire within a decade, but poverty won't be eradicated for another 229 years, report findswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1412arrow-down112cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareLostXOR@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·6 months agoAs a North American, I don’t think $1,000,000,000,000 is a quadrillion. It’s 1x10^12, which is 1 trillion. 1 quadrillion is 1x10^15, or $1,000,000,000,000,000.
minus-squaren2burnslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·6 months agoThanks for the correction, I deleted my original comment because it was incorrect and misleading.
As a North American, I don’t think $1,000,000,000,000 is a quadrillion. It’s 1x10^12, which is 1 trillion. 1 quadrillion is 1x10^15, or $1,000,000,000,000,000.
Thanks for the correction, I deleted my original comment because it was incorrect and misleading.