Question

Suppose 6 adults produce 189.6 lb of garbage in one week. At this rate, how many pounds will 40 adults produce in one week?

Answer 1

Answer: 1264 pounds of garbage in one week

Step-by-step explanation: This problem is a unit rate problem, so, we need to find the unit rate of this word problem. To do that, you would do the amount of garbage produced (189.6) divided by the number of adults (6), which equals 31.6. So, the unit rate is 31.6 pounds of garbage for one adult. Then, you need to do 31.6 times 40 (for the number of adults) which equals 1264.