SOLUTION: In 2012, 31.9 million tons of plastics and 11.5 million tons of glass were discarded in the United States. Of the discarded plastics and glass, 8.8% of the plastic and 27.7% of the

Question 1195346: In 2012, 31.9 million tons of plastics and 11.5 million tons of glass were discarded in the United States. Of the discarded plastics and glass, 8.8% of the plastic and 27.7% of the glass were recycled. The number of tons of recycled glass was approximately, what percent greater than the number of tons of recycled plastics?

Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is 11.5*0.277=3.1855 Mtons glass
and 31.9*0.088=2.8072 Mtons plastic
the difference is 0.3783 M tons
divided into 2.8072=0.1348 or about 13.5% greater
(3.1855-2.8072)/2.8072
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