yesterday, the bay city recycling van picked up a total of 4,500 pounds of mater

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yesterday, the bay city recycling van picked up a total of 4,500 pounds of material.if newspaper weighed three times as much as aluminum cans and aluminum weighed twice as much as glass,what was the weight of each material?

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Explanation & Answer

lets the weight of glass=x

aluminium=2x

newspaper=3(2x)

2x+6x+x=4500

9x=4500=>x=500

glass=500

aluminium=1000

newspaper=3000


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