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Once a month, volunteers from the Green Sea Club clean up litter at the beach. Last month, the volunteers picked up 8 pounds of trash in 4 hours. This month, the same group of volunteers will spend 3 hours picking up trash.
If they pick up trash at the same rate, how many pounds of trash should the volunteers pick up this month?

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Sheila35

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

8 pounds.... 4hours

x pounds.... 3 hours

x=3 ×8 :4

x=24 :4

x=6 pounds of trash

The number of pounds of trash should the volunteers pick up this month is 6.

Calculation of the number of pounds:

Since  Last month, the volunteers picked up 8 pounds of trash in 4 hours. This month, the same group of volunteers will spend 3 hours picking up trash.

So here we can do

x=3 ×8 :4

x=24 :4

x=6

Hence, The number of pounds of trash should the volunteers pick up this month is 6.

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