SOLUTION: Doug collects and recycles aluminum cans by selling them to a local salvage yard. If he earns $ 158.44 by selling aluminum at a price of $ 0.68 per​ pound, how many pounds of

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Question 1068582: Doug collects and recycles aluminum cans by selling them to a local salvage yard. If he earns $ 158.44 by selling aluminum at a price of $ 0.68 per​ pound, how many pounds of aluminum did Doug​ sell?
Doug sold
how many pounds of aluminum?
The formula Upper T equals 0.2 Upper CT=0.2C is used for computing a​ 20% tip T in a restaurant for a meal that costs C dollars. Find the tip for a meal costing ​$41.
The​ 20% tip for a ​$41 meal is how much?

Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
158.44/0.68=233 pounds
41*0.2=$8.20

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