Question

The school band collects aluminum cans to raise money to pay for their end of year trip. They earn 0.60 per pound of cans collected, from which they have to pay 10.00 each month to have the cans picked up and delivered to the recycling center. In nine months they collected 1250 pounds of aluminum cans. How much money did they raise for their end of year trip.

Answer 1

Answer: 660$

Explanation:

- So we know that in the span of 9 months, they were charged a total of 90$ for the pickup fee.

- If they collected a total of 1250 pounds, we then multiply that by 0.60 (earning per pound) = 750$


750$ (total) - 90$ (pickup fee) = 660$