Sara's office recycled a total of 12 pounds of paper over 4 weeks. How many weeks will it take Sara's office to recycle a total

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iragen [17]

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Sara's office recycled a total of 12 pounds of paper over 4 weeks. How many weeks will it take Sara's office to recycle a total

of 48 pounds of paper? Solve using unit rates

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Yakvenalex [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-10-03T08:45:07+03:00

Yakvenalex [24]2 years ago

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They averaged 3lbs. a week for 4 weeks to get 12lb. They would need an additional 36lbs. to get to 48lbs. Averaging the same 3lbs. per week, this would take an additional 12 weeks for a total of 16 weeks.