SOLUTION: The number N of aluminum cans used each year varies directly as the number of people P using the cans. If 51 people use 17,493 cans in one year how many cans are used in a city wh

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Question 470102: The number N of aluminum cans used each year varies directly as the number of people P using the cans. If 51 people use 17,493 cans in one year how many cans are used in a city which has a population of 1,430,000?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) About Me  (Show Source):
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51/17493:1430000/n
51n=25014990000
n=490490000..