Given:
The weight of 10 aluminum cans is 0.16 kilograms.
The aluminum in 10 cans that are recycled has a value of $0.14.
To find:
An equation to represent the number of cans c given their weight w.
Solution:
We have,
10 aluminum cans = 0.16 kilograms.
Divide both sides by 0.16.
[tex]\dfrac{10}{0.16}[/tex] aluminum cans = 1 kilograms.
62.5 aluminum cans = 1 kilograms.
Let c be the number of cans and w be their weight.
1 kilograms = 62.5 aluminum cans
w kilograms = 62.5w aluminum cans
So, c = 62.5w.
Therefore, the required equation is c = 62.5w.
