{"pre_text": ["cash provided by operating activities cash provided by operations is dependent primarily upon the payment terms of our license agreements .", "to be classified as upfront revenue , we require that 75% ( 75 % ) of a term or perpetual license fee be paid within the first year .", "conversely , payment terms for tsls are generally extended and the license fee is typically paid either quarterly or annually in even increments over the term of the license .", "accordingly , we generally receive cash from upfront license revenue much sooner than from time-based licenses revenue .", "fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2009 .", "cash from operating activities decreased primarily as a result of a decrease in deferred revenue due to the timing of billings and cash payments from certain customers , increased payments to vendors compared to fiscal 2008 and a tax prepayment for an irs settlement .", "see note 9 of notes to consolidated financial statements .", "fiscal 2007 to fiscal 2008 .", "cash from operating activities decreased primarily due to the timing of billings and cash payments from customers compared to fiscal 2007 , delivering lower cash inflows during fiscal 2008 and also as a result of a litigation settlement of $ 12.5 million received from magma during fiscal 2007 .", "cash used in investing activities fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2009 .", "the decrease in cash used primarily relates to a decrease in our purchases of marketable securities and cash paid for acquisitions as compared to fiscal 2008 , offset by the timing of maturities of marketable securities .", "fiscal 2007 to fiscal 2008 .", "the decrease in cash used primarily relates to the sale of marketable securities for our acquisition of synplicity , and as a result of lower capital expenditures during fiscal 2008 as compared to fiscal 2007 .", "cash provided by ( used in ) financing activities fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2009 .", "the increase in cash provided primarily relates to the absence of common stock repurchases in fiscal 2009 offset by a decrease in the number of options exercised by employees compared to fiscal 2008 .", "fiscal 2007 to fiscal 2008 .", "the increase in cash used primarily relates to more common stock repurchases under our stock repurchase program and options exercised by employees compared to fiscal 2007 .", "see note 7 of notes to consolidated financial statements for details of our stock repurchase program .", "we hold our cash , cash equivalents and short-term investments in the united states and in foreign accounts , primarily in ireland , bermuda , and japan .", "as of october 31 , 2009 , we held an aggregate of $ 612.4 million in cash , cash equivalents and short-term investments in the united states and an aggregate of $ 555.9 million in foreign accounts .", "funds in foreign accounts are generated from revenue outside north america .", "at present , such foreign funds are considered to be indefinitely reinvested in foreign countries to the extent of indefinitely reinvested foreign earnings as described in note 9 of notes to consolidated financial statements .", "we expect cash provided by operating activities to fluctuate in future periods as a result of a number of factors , including the timing of our billings and collections , our operating results , the timing and amount of tax and other liability payments and cash used in any future acquisitions .", "accounts receivable , net october 31 ."], "post_text": ["."], "table": [["2009", "2008", "$ change", "% (  % ) change"], ["( dollars in millions )", "( dollars in millions )", "", ""], ["$ 127.0", "$ 147.4", "$ -20.4 ( 20.4 )", "( 14 ) % (  % )"]], "table_ori": [["2009", "2008", "$ Change", "% Change"], ["(dollars in millions)", "", ""], ["$127.0", "$147.4", "$(20.4)", "(14)%"]]}

Question: what percentage of cash , cash equivalents and short-term investments was held in foreign accounts as of october 31 , 2009?
Evidence:
text_19: as of october 31 , 2009 , we held an aggregate of $ 612.4 million in cash , cash equivalents and short-term investments in the united states and an aggregate of $ 555.9 million in foreign accounts .
Program: add(612.4, 555.9), divide(555.9, #0)
Answer:
exe_answer: 0.47582