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Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

Three tenths of our planet Earth is covered with land and the rest is covered with water. Ninety-seven percent of the water is salt water and the rest is fresh water. What percentage of the Earth is covered in fresh water?

(A) $20.1\%$ (B) $79.9\%$ (C) $32.1\%$ (D) $2.1\%$ (E) $9.6\%$

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