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As part of the largest-to-date damage award in a jury trial in history, the penalty handed down against the tobacco industry included a $36 billion dollar judgment against R.J. Reynolds. If this amount was 479% of this company’s 1999 revenue, how much was R.J. Reynolds’ 1999 revenue?
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VerifiedTo solve for revenue we must divide the value of the fine by the percentage in decimal form. The percentage in decimal form is and thus:
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