SOLUTION: If 24 cans of paint are needed to paint 120 stop signs, then how many stop signs can be painted using 13 cans?

Question 1031528: If 24 cans of paint are needed to paint 120 stop signs, then how many stop signs can be painted using 13 cans?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The number of cans of paint needed is directly 
proportional to the number of stop signs that can
be painted with them:





Cross multiply:





 stop signs.

Edwin

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