City A has a population of 325,000 people and uses and average of 28,925,000 gallons of water per day. How many gallons of water per day should we expect to see city B to produce if it's population is 300,000 people

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Allen Henderson

17 August, 08:05

City A has a population of 325,000 people and uses and average of 28,925,000 gallons of water per day. How many gallons of water per day should we expect to see city B to produce if it's population is 300,000 people

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Timber · Answer 1

The answer is 26, 700,000.

You have to set up a proportion problem for these:

Gallons for city A/population A = gallons for B/population B

28,925,000/325000 = x/300000

89 = x/300000

x = 89*300000

x = 27,600,000 gallons