Question

Question 138 (iv)

Earth Science
The table lists the world's 10 largest deserts.
What percentage of the total area of the deserts listed is in Asia?

Answer 1

Total area of all deserts = $14350000k{m}^2$ [as calculated in part (a)]
Total area of Asia's desrts = 1300000 + 850000 + 320000 + 310000 + 260000
= 3040000 $k{m}^2$
Hence, percentage of the total area of the deserts listed in Asia
$=\frac{TotalareaofAsi{a}^{\prime }sdeserts}{Totalareaofalldeserts}=\frac{3040000}{14350000}\times 100\%=21.1\%$