document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=642520>Question 642520</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> so the problem says each person in the united states produces about 3.5 pounds of trash a day. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "write an expression to describe the pounds of trash per day by a family with m members.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "use the expression you wrote to predict the amount of trash produced by a family of four each day.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so will you help me solve this problem please. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Each person produces 3.5 pounds of trash a day, so 2 people would produce 7 lbs (or 3.5lbs times 2), 3 people would produce 10.5 lbs (or 3.5 times 3) and so on. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Realizing this pattern gives us an expression for the number of pounds of trash a family with m members would produce a day which is 3.5m\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using this expression we can determine how many pounds of trash a family of 4 would produce which is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3.5%284%29=14 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3.5%284%29=14\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore a family of four will produce 14 pounds of trash each day. </SPAN>\n" );
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