57 billion aluminum cans were recycled in 1999. That amount was about 5/11of the total number of aluminum cans sold in 1999. How many aluminum cans were sold in the United States in 1999?

Question

According to the Container Recycling Institute, 57 billion aluminum cans were recycled in the United States in 1999. That amount was about 511of the total number of aluminum cans sold in the United States in 1999. How many aluminum cans were sold inthe United States in 1999?

Answer 1

X is in millions...

57 = (5/11) X

57*11/5 = X

125.4 = x

So

125,400,000

one hundred twenty five MILLION

four hundred THOUSAND

cans sold