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Cincinnati’s budget is $1,130,000,000 and it’s population is 302,605. How many dollars per person are provided by the budget?

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Answer:

3734.24100725

Explanation:

This is related for all problems like this, not just this one:

When you see the key words below, this is what it means, and you can craft an equation from it:

Per = division

Of = multiplication

Using this above, we can replace the words with an equation:

The question is asking the amount of money per person.

Remember above, per means division:

Money/person

We know the amount of money and the number of people, so let's plug it in:

1,130,000,000/302,605

After division:

3734.24100725, final answer.

Hope this helps :D

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