Inactive Tutor answered • 09/20/17
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Trash in 2014 is 1.3 times the trash in 1970
t represents the amount of trash in 1970
12 = 1.3t
Can you solve for t and answer?
Celina I.
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The average American citizen produced 12 lbs of trash daily in 2014. This is 130% of the amount of trash the average American citizen produced in 1970. How much trash did the average American citizen produce in 1970? (Round to the nearest whole number.)
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Inactive Tutor answered • 09/20/17
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1.3x = 12 if x represents the trash average per person per day back in 1970. Solve for x.
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