SOLUTION: if 56 people use 17,976 cans in one year how many cans are used in a city that has a popoulation of 1,664,000?

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Question 436288: if 56 people use 17,976 cans in one year how many cans are used in a city that has a popoulation of 1,664,000?
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if 56 people use 17,976 cans in one year: each uses 17,976/56 = 331

how many cans are used in a city that has a  popoulation of 1,664,000?

 1,664,000 * 17,976/56 = 1,664,000*331 = 534,144,000