In 2009, the federal government budget was $\$3.1$ trillion $(\$3,100,000,000,000)$. The government was looking to cut costs.  

1. If it decided to cut $1\%$, how much money did it cut?

   Hint (a):

   Find $1\%$ of $\$3.1$ trillion.

   Hint 2(a):

   Convert $1\%$ into a decimal, then multiply that by $\$3.1$ trillion.

   More Help (a):

   $(0.01)(3,100,000,000,000)$

   Answer (a):

   $31$ billion or $31,000,000,000$.

2. If the government reduced the budget by $7\%$, how much money did it cut?

   Hint (b):

   Find $7\%$ of $\$3.1$ trillion.

   More Help (b):

   See part (a) for help.

3. If the government eliminated $\$93$ billion $(\$93,000,000,000)$ from the budget, what percentage did it cut?

   Hint (c):

   $\$93$ billion is what percent of $\$3.1$ trillion?

   Hint 2(c):

   Divide $\$93$ billion by $\$3.1$ trillion.

   More Help (c):

   $\frac{93,000,000,000}{3,100,000,000,000}=0.03$

   Convert this decimal into a percentage.