Question

Talia earns 85 cents for cans she recycles.If she gets a nickel for each can,how many cans does she recycle?

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation

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We know she gets 1 nickel for every can, and 1 nickel is just 5 cents. So we first get this set up:

$\frac{1 \ Nickel}{can} =\frac{5 \ cents}{can}$      Now, we also know she gets 85 cents for a certain amount of cans, x:

$\frac{85 \ cents}{x \ can}$     Now, we can just use the proportionality we designed above, but flip it so cans cancel out:

$x \ cans = 85 cents * \frac{1 can}{5 cents} = 17 cans$  

Thus, Talia recycles 17 cans.

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