SOLUTION: The amount P of pollution varies directly with the population N of people. City A has a population of 442,000 and produces 260,000 tons of pollutants. Find how many tons of pollut

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Question 717261: The amount P of pollution varies directly with the population N of people. City A has a population of
442,000 and produces 260,000 tons of pollutants. Find how many tons of pollution we should expect
City B to produce, if we know that its population is 344,000?

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Since it is direct variation you can write:



Substitute the values given for P and N, then calculate the value of k. Then substitute the the calculated value of k and the new value of N to calculate the resulting value of P.

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