Question

The students in the Go Green dub started a whool recling program. In

September, the students collected 85 pounds of paper and 18 pounds of cars to
recycle. For October, their goal is to collect three times the amount of paper and
five times the amount of cans they collected in September.
M the dub meets its goal, how many total pounds of paper and cons will the
students collect in September and October combined?
Show your work.

Answer 1

340 pounds of paper and 108 pounds of cars.

Explanation:

Students have collected in the month of September 85 pounds of paper and 18 pounds of cars for recycling.

Now, for the month of October students have made a goal to collect more papers by 3 times the month of September and cars by 5 times the month of September.

If the club meets their goal in the month of October, then in the month of October they have collected paper of (85 × 3) = 255 pounds and cars of (18 × 5) = 90 pounds.

Hence, in a total of September and October months, they have collected (255 + 85) = 340 pounds of paper and (18 + 90) = 108 pounds of cars. (Answer)