document.write( "Question 168448: The number N of aluminum cans used each year varies directly as the numbe of people P using the cans. If 59 people use 20,532 cans in one year, how many cans are used in a city which has a population of 1,072,000?The numbe of cans used is ___ ? \n" ); document.write( "

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so if 59 people use 20532 cans,
\n" ); document.write( "then 1 person uses 20532/59 cans=348 cans,
\n" ); document.write( "and 1,072,000 people use 1,072,000*348 cans, since each person uses 348 cans
\n" ); document.write( "1,072,000*348=373056000 cans \n" ); document.write( "

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