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23 September, 15:31

The amount W of water used varies directly with the population 'N' of people. City 'A' has a population of 483,000 people and used 37.6 billion gallons of water in a fiscal year. Find out how many billion gallons of water we would expect City 'B' to use if we know that its population is 150,000

W = (?) Billion of gallons of water

Type an integer or decimal rounded to the nearest tenth as needed.

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  1. 23 September, 15:59
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    Set it up as a proportion.

    483000/37.6=150000/x

    Cross multiply

    483000x=5640000

    X=11.677

    X=11.68
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