Question

Suppose 6 adults produce 192 lb of garbage in one week. At this rate, how many pounds will 35 adults produce in one week?

Answer 1

to get the answer you have to multiply 35 and 192 the answer is 6720

Answer 2

6:192
we have to simplify this so we can use it in terms of adults so we need to make the left side 1, to do this we divide both sides by 6:
1:32
Now we multiply both sides by 35:
35:1120
Therefore 35 adults will produce 1120 pounds of garbage in a week.

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