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Shane Cunningham
Cookville, TN
drama teacher

Shane has his +1 remaining and is going for $30,000.

$30,000: With an area of 665,384 square miles, Alaska accounts for roughly what percentage of the total area of all 50 U.S. states?
A - 7.5%
B - 17.5%
C - 27.5%
D - 37.5%

Shane brings his +1, his wife Melinda, down. She has a better head for math than he does and maybe they can come up with the answer together. He tells her he's leaning toward

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7.5% because the U.S. is a massive space

. He asks for her thoughts. She thinks

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C and D can be ruled out but she doesn't have a strong feeling for A or B

. She's OK with him walking away. That's his final answer.

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Answer: B (17.5%)

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BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Shane Cunningham
Cookville, TN
drama teacher

Shane has his +1 remaining and is going for $30,000.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$30,000: With an area of 665,384 square miles, Alaska accounts for roughly what percentage of the total area of all 50 U.S. states?
A - 7.5%
B - 17.5%
C - 27.5%
D - 37.5%

Shane brings his +1, his wife Melinda, down. She has a better head for math than he does and maybe they can come up with the answer together. He tells her he's leaning toward

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7.5% because the U.S. is a massive space

. He asks for her thoughts. She thinks

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C and D can be ruled out but she doesn't have a strong feeling for A or B

. She's OK with him walking away. That's his final answer.

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Answer: B (17.5%)

I don't know if I'd have lifelines left but I wouldn't need one for this question. I seem to recall that Alaska is approximately 1/5 the size of the US as a whole, so I'd go with 17.5% without hesitation.

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BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Shane Cunningham
Cookville, TN
drama teacher

Shane has his +1 remaining and is going for $30,000.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$30,000: With an area of 665,384 square miles, Alaska accounts for roughly what percentage of the total area of all 50 U.S. states?
A - 7.5%
B - 17.5%
C - 27.5%
D - 37.5%

Shane brings his +1, his wife Melinda, down. She has a better head for math than he does and maybe they can come up with the answer together. He tells her he's leaning toward

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7.5% because the U.S. is a massive space

. He asks for her thoughts. She thinks

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C and D can be ruled out but she doesn't have a strong feeling for A or B

. She's OK with him walking away. That's his final answer.

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Answer: B (17.5%)

I don't know if I'd have lifelines left but I wouldn't need one for this question. I seem to recall that Alaska is approximately 1/5 the size of the US as a whole, so I'd go with 17.5% without hesitation.

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She may have been led astray by the fact that most maps of the U.S. shrink it to make it fit.

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