Question

The Park Protectors is a group of elementary students and teachers from 3232 schools who pick up trash at local parks. The line plot shows the tons of trash they picked up this year.

Answer 1

Answer:

$Each = \frac{15}{128}$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

See attachment for line plot

Required

Determine the total trash picked

The data on the line plot can be represented as:

$Trash \to Schools$

$\frac{1}{8} \to 6$

$\frac{1}{4} \to 8$

$\frac{1}{2} \to 2$

$1 \to 0$

The total trash picked is:

$Total = \frac{1}{8} * 6 + \frac{1}{4} * 8 + \frac{1}{2} * 2 + 1 * 0$

$Total = \frac{3}{4} + \frac{8}{4} + 1+0$

Take LCM

$Total = \frac{3+8+4+0}{4}$

$Total = \frac{15}{4}$

The total picked by each school is:

$Each = \frac{Total}{32}$

$Each = \frac{15/4}{32}$

Rewrite as:

$Each = \frac{15}{4*32}$

$Each = \frac{15}{128}$