SOLUTION: The amount P of pollution varies directly with the population N of people. City A has a population of 416000 and produces 260000 tons of pollutants. Find how many tons of pollution
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Question 439267: The amount P of pollution varies directly with the population N of people. City A has a population of 416000 and produces 260000 tons of pollutants. Find how many tons of pollution we should expect City B to produce, if we know that its population is 348000 Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 416000/260000:348000/x
416/260:348/x
416x=90480
x=90480/416=217.5
We should expect City to to produce 217500 tons of pollutants.
