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Carmen and Erin collect cans of food for a food drive. Carmen collects 5 times as many cans of food as Erin. Together, they collect 60 cans of food. Which equation can you solve to find the number of cans of food Erin collects?

A. 5x = 60
B. 6x = 60
C. 1/5x = 60
D. x = 60 ⋅ 5

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Correct answer is A.
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