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what is the reasonable amount of aluminum cans?

a recycle drive is planned for oxford elementary school to raise $1750 for playground equipment for their schoolthe following table shows the prices that the county recycling center gives for recyclables.TYPE OF MATERIALPAPER ALUMINUMCARDBOARDPRICE PER CANPAPERALUMINUM $0.05CARDBOARD PRICE PER POUNDPAPER $0.41ALUMINUMCARDBOARD $0.26 YOU HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PRICES ARE FOR THE MATERIALS THAT DONT HAVE ONEwhat is the reasonable amount of aluminum cans the school would need to collect if they have made $925 already in newspaper and cardboardA.10,200B.13,800C.16,500D.21,700please explain how you got the answer

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Since they already have $925, they only need $825I got that number by subtracting 925 from the required 1750When you divide 825 by the 0.05 per can, the answer is 16500 ANSWER C16,500

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