SOLUTION: If 52 people use 20,852 cans in one year, how many cans are used in a city which has a population of 1,089,000?

SOLUTION: If 52 people use 20,852 cans in one year, how many cans are used in a city which has a population of 1,089,000?

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Question 595943: If 52 people use 20,852 cans in one year, how many cans are used in a city which has a population of 1,089,000?
Answer by jenny88(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2715.71 cans
I found the answer by using a proportion 52/20852 = x/1089000
which when worked out x=2715.71
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