Question

Glen is collecting aluminum cans to earn money he has 5 bags that hold an average of 300 cans each if he gets $2 for every 450 can about how much money will he get

Answer 1

Calculate the number of cans he can collect
Every bags hold 300 cans, so the number of cans will be
the cans = the number of bags × the number of cans each bag
the cans = 5 × 300
the cans = 6,000
He can collect 6,000 cans

Calculate the amount of money he will get
If $2 is the money he gets for collecting 450 cans, then x will be the money he gets for collecting 6,000 cans. Make a comparison.

`\frac{\text{money}}{\text{cans}}= \frac{\text{money}}{\text{cans}}`

Plug in the numbers

`(x)/(6,000)= (2)/(450)`

solve for x by moving 6,000 to the right side. Because on the left side, it's a divisor, after moved out to the right side it will become a multiplier.

`(x)/(6,000)= (2)/(450)`

`x= (2(6,000))/(450)`

simplify

`x= (12,000)/(450)`
x = 26.67

He will get about $26.67

Answer 2

He will get about $6.67