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Question 448681: I am stumped on this question, please help
The number of N of aluminum cans used each year varies directly as the number of people P using the cans. If 56 people use 19,936 cans in on year, how many cans are used in a city which has a population of 1,221,000?
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Direct variation:



Initial Conditions:



Solve for k:



Write the specific relationship:



Substitute new parameter:



You can do the arithmetic.

John

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