The number of aluminum cans used each year varies directly as the numbers of people using the cans. If 500 people use 120,000 cans in one year, how many cans are used each year in a city which has a population of 130,000

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Adalynn

20 October, 00:48

The number of aluminum cans used each year varies directly as the numbers of people using the cans. If 500 people use 120,000 cans in one year, how many cans are used each year in a city which has a population of 130,000

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Alexus · Answer 1

The number N of aluminum cans used each year varies directly as the number of people P using the cans. If 56 people use 18,088 cans in one year, how many cans are used in a city which has a population of 1,965,000?

Rachel Norris · Answer 2

31,200,000

Step-by-step explanation:

500 divided by 130,000 = 260

260 divided by the cans used 120,000 = 31,200,000