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By recycling 1 ton of paper ,6953 gallons of water are saved. How many gallons of water are saved by recycling 4 tons of papers

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So, we know, recycling 1 ton of paper = 6,953 gallons of water saved. This means all we would have to do is multiply both sides of the equation by the number of tons of paper recycled (4).
1 × 4 = 6,953 × 4

4 tons of paper recycled = 27,812 gallons of water saved

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