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The US president said Beijing and Washington have ‘settled a lot’ of problems, including how the war in Iran should be brought to an end
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Trump claims he and Xi are agreed on how the Middle East conflict should end. If the conflict has lasted 18 months and they agree on a 6-month ceasefire plan, what fraction of the conflict's duration would the ceasefire cover?
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The ceasefire covers 6 out of 18 months, which simplifies to 1/3 .
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If the US and China together represent 40% of global GDP, and they agree on a peace plan costing £50 billion, how much would each country contribute if they split the cost equally?
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Each would contribute £25 billion .
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The snippet says Trump and Xi have 'settled a lot' of problems. If there were 12 major issues and they settled 8, what percentage of issues remain unsettled?
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4 out of 12 issues remain, which is 33.3% (or 33 1/3%).
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